II ENDOSCOPIC FORUM OF CENTRAL ASIA

The need for a separate Endoscopic Forum has been overdue for a long time, since in major conferences held in Kazakhstan such as the Congress of Surgeons, the Central Asian Gastronomy Week, little attention is paid to the issues and problems of endoscopy and there is not even a separate section on endoscopy. If we touch on the history of endoscopy problems, since 2007 there has been no separate specialty of endoscopy in the Nomenclature of medical and pharmaceutical specialties, although there are still endoscopic rooms and endoscopic departments in medical and preventive institutions of the republic.

Due to numerous appeals from both individual endoscopists and official requests from the Kazakh Endoscopic Society to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in 2021, endoscopy appeared in the Nomenclature of specialties as a specialization. Therefore, a group of enthusiasts from among endoscopists, with the support of sponsors from manufacturers of endoscopic equipment and instruments, has begun preparations for such a large-scale endoscopy event.

And considering that Kazakhstan is a leader in terms of mastering and introducing into wide practice the latest methods of endoscopic diagnosis and endoscopic treatment in Central Asian countries, it was decided to name our conference as the Endoscopic Forum of Central Asia, and not only Kazakhstan.