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'''Yerbolat Askarbekovich Dosayev''' (born 1970<ref name=NEWCOMER>[http://www.rferl.org/reports/centralasia/2003/06/21-200603.asp New Kazakh Government Formed, Sets Out Priorities.] RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</ref>) served as the [[Finance Minister]] of [[Kazakhstan]] from 16 June 2003<ref name=FINANCESTART>[http://rulers.org/2003-06.html June 2003] RULERS</ref> to 5 April 2004,<ref name=FINANCEEND>[http://rulers.org/2004-04.html April 2004] RULERS</ref><ref name=FINANCE>[http://www.iticnet.org/publications/Dosayev%20PM%20Interview%20eng%20030928.pdf Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerbolat Askarbekovich Dosayev] Policymaker Interview</ref> head of the Agency for Regulating [[Natural Monopoly|Natural Monopolies]],<ref name=NEWCOMER/> and later as the Minister of [[Health Care]]. He was fired on 20 September 2006 after 56 patients in an hospital in South Kazakhstan Region (Yuzhno-Kazahstanskaya Oblast), all but one of which were children, were accidentally infected with HIV<ref name=AIDS>[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/09/9007b08f-3e66-453e-8aef-2368dde198d5.html Kazakh Minister, Governor Sacked Over HIV Outbreak] RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</ref> and five of the children died.<ref name=BLOODTRADE>[http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/674119/63_kazakh_children_get_hiv_at_hospitals/index.html?source=r_health 63 Kazakh Children Get HIV at Hospitals] RedOrbit</ref> Another 16 children soon tested positive for HIV,<ref name=SCARE>[http://www.iwpr.net/?p=rca&s=f&o=324316&apc_state=henh Kazak HIV Scare Reveals Broader Healthcare Problems] International War and Peace Reporting</ref> and a sixth child died from [[AIDS]].<ref name=SIXTH>[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/10/c8d751c6-1f5a-495e-a2f1-7cd2f51e7fde.html Kazakh Health Ministry Announces Sixth Child's AIDS Death] RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</ref> Dosayev's replacement, [[Anatoly Dernovoi]], announced on 10 October that four more children were found to be infected with HIV and "eight cases in mothers have been detected. The infection [[Locus (genetics)|locus]] has been contained, but preventive efforts will continue."<ref name=LOCUS>[http://en.rian.ru/world/20061010/54690269.html Kazakh minister reports new cases in HIV transfusion scandal] RIA NOVOSTI</ref>

[[Valentina Skryabina]], leader of [[Nadezhnaya Opora]], a nongovernmental organization that combats AIDS infections in [[drug addicts]], said, "Blood is an article of trade.... Hospitals are offered blood, and not always through the (official) blood center. People trade in blood like they do in human organs."<ref name=BLOODTRADE/>

The Health Ministry raised the estimated number of children infected with HIV initially to 78<ref name=TOTALINFECTED>[http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav102506.shtml Government in Kazakhstan addresses HIV-infection scandal] EurasiaNet</ref> and later to 82, with eight dead from various diseases.<ref name=MOSTRECENTESTIMATION>[http://www.interfax.com/3/223187/news.aspx Another child is HIV-positive in South Kazakhstan] Interfax</ref> By 2007 118 children and 14 mothers were found to have been infected.<ref name=CONVICTION>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-06-27-kazakhstan-aids_N.htm?csp=34 21 convicted in Kazakh AIDS case] USA Today</ref>

January 2013 Yerbolat Dossayev was appointed Head of reorganized Ministry of Economic Affairs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.tengrinews.kz/politics_sub/Kazakhstans-Government-sees-a-large-scaled-reshuffle-16069/|title=Kazakhstan’s Government sees a large-scaled reshuffle|work=Tengrinews.kz English|accessdate=17 January 2013}}</ref>

==Finance Ministership==
Although Dosayev had previously headed the Agency for Regulating Natural Monopolies, ''[[Radio Free Europe]]'' took [[Kazakh President]] [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]'s appointment of Dosayev to Finance Minister as a surprise, calling him and [[Adilbek Jaksybekov]], who Nazarbayev appointed Minister of Trade and Industry, "newcomers." [[Kazakh Prime Minister]] [[Imangali Tasmagambetov]]'s resignation triggered the dismissal of all government ministers as outlined in the [[Constitution of Kazakhstan]].<ref name=NEWCOMER/>

Dosayev, addressing journalists and the [[Parliament of Kazakhstan]] on 19 March that AGIP KCO would pay the government USD 150 million for delaying oil production in the [[Kashagan oilfield]]. He said, "There will be two sums - 100 and 50 [million dollars]. One hundred is to arrive, and 50 will come a bit later." The ''Revenue Watch Institute'' characterized his answer to a question regarding further payments for delaying output as "evasive." Dosayev said, "You know, [[Vladimir Shkolnik|Vladimir Sergeyevich Shkolnik]] will tell you everything that was envisaged. I cannot speak about all the sums. The only thing I can now say is that 100 [million dollars] will arrive. We will negotiate the remainder later. The compensation calculated on the basis of the years [of postponed extraction]." He said that the government would "adjust the timeframe for payments and the like, if necessary," and the payment would either be transferred to the "National Fund [where surplus oil revenues are accumulated] or the budget to get the money. I think it will be the National Fund."<ref name=POSTPONING>[http://www.revenuewatch.org/news/bbc031904.shtml Kazakhstan said to get 150m dollars for delayed oil extraction] Revenue Watch Institute</ref>

==Bird flu==
Dosayev announced on 20 March 2006 that tests had confirmed that a dead swan found in [[Mangghystau Province]], on Kazakhstan's [[Caspian Sea]] coast, had [[Avian influenza|bird flu]]. Several areas in northern Kazakhstan were quarantined in 2005 when the [[H5N1]] bird flu strain was found.<ref name=BIRDFLU>[http://www.rferl.org/features/features_Article.aspx?m=03&y=2006&id=45B8C05D-B832-4621-B074-5BD89C3B766A Kazakhstan Confirms Bird-Flu Case] RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</ref> Thousands of domestic fowl were culled when bird was detected in Kazakhstan in August. [[Asylbek Kozhimuratov]], the Kazakh agriculture minister, said that all domestic poultry in Mangghystau had been vaccinated. Fowl in [[Atyrau province]], a location of suspected vulnerability to bird flu, were being vaccinated.<ref name=AGRO>[http://pdmin.coe-dmha.org/apdosr/apdosrnews.cfm?newsid=19341 Kazakhstan: H5N1 bird flu detected in wild birds in west] COE-PDMIN Asia-Pacific Daily Report</ref> The Kazakh Government started vaccinating an estimated 8 million fowl in February to limit the spread of bird flu.<ref name=SPREAD>[http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/21/eng20060321_252312.html Kazakh minister confirms bird flu outbreak] People's Daily Online</ref>

==Accidental HIV infections==

===July===
In July 2006 at least six Kazakh children were accidentally infected with HIV. According to Anatoly Belonog, Kazakhstan's chief [[epidemiologist]], the "contamination" was caused by gross "violation[s] of sanitary norms at medical institutions." Belonog said the children were either infected by transfusions of HIV-positive blood or through the use of poorly sterilized medical instruments. Ualikhan Akhmetov, the head of Kazakhstan's Health Ministry's medical services quality control committee, said, "The HIV-positive children have been repeatedly admitted to hospitals in the city of [[Shymkent]], where they received intramuscular and intravenous injections." According to ''[[RIA Novosti]]'', Dosayev "pledged to provide the full range of [[antiretroviral]] treatment for the infected children." The [[Government of Kazakhstan]]'s official statistics show 828 citizens tested positive for HIV in January to June 2006. In addition, 70, almost twice the number of cases for January to June 2005, new AIDS cases were found. The [[World Health Organization]] attributed increasing HIV infections to intravenous drug users sharing used needles. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates 5,440 Kazakh citizens are HIV-positive.<ref name=JULY>[http://en.rian.ru/world/20060720/51609624-print.html Poor hospital hygiene leaves 6 Kazakh children HIV+] RIA Novosti</ref>

===May===
The patients were infected either by the use of unsterilized syringes, or by the transfusion of contaminated blood, in May 2006. At least four of the children have died from [[AIDS]].<ref name=AIDS/>

Bolat Jylkyshiev, the governor of the Southern Kazakhstan region, was also fired. Nurlan Abdirov, the deputy head of Kazakhstan's [[National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan|National Security Committee]], said Dosayev and Jylkyshiev were guilty of "serious" negligence.<ref name=AIDS/>

Abdirov said [[President of Kazakhstan|President]] [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] would personally oversee an investigation into the accident. Nazarbayev gave the government until December 2006 to draft a national program to fight against HIV and AIDS infections.<ref name=AIDS/>

==HIV in Kazakhstan==
Alexander Zuyev, [[UNICEF]]'s representative in Kazakhstan, warned on 28 November 2006 that two to three times as many people in Kazakhstan may be infected with HIV than the government's official estimate, that of 7,000 people. The official estimate of citizens infected with HIV rose by %20 from 2004 to 2005.<ref name=ZUYEV>[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28145097.htm UNICEF sees higher Kazakh HIV numbers] AlertNet</ref>

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