ASTANA. February 1. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov charged the Kazakh Ministry of Healthcare to work out a draft state program of healthcare development for 2011-2015. He said it on Monday at the enlarged session of the board of the Ministry in Astana.

The Prime Minister paid special attention to the necessity of raising life expectancy from 68 to 72 years. "A complex of measures aimed at improving quality and duration of life and well-being of our people needs to be implemented for this", he said.