According to the recommendations of the World Health Organizations, the practice of special SMS messages for improvement of the awareness of the population in health sphere, remote consulting and control of health conditions, dialog between the doctor and patients is widely used in developed countries of the world. According to the instruction of the President, the Ministry of Health Protection and Medical Industry together with relative departments studied the practice of sending of similar messages via Altyn Asyr cellular operator.

Proposal on introduction of new service aimed at the improvement of the coverage of the population with preventive work, popularization of healthy life style, stimulation for quitting of bad habits, spreading of the knowledge on the basis of healthy nutrition was presented for the review to the Head of the State. Targeted SMS notification will also support timely medical check-ups.

The efficiency of such tool as sending of the messages via cellular operators depends on well-thought approach to the organization of medical notification, the Head of the State commented on this at the session of the Government on May 25, having ordered to attract the best specialists both in health protection sphere and also in communication and information technologies.