Introduction In the history of development, humanity has tried to avoid the spread of diseases. It is known from historical sources that humanity has suffered about 50 pandemics. The main specialist in solving problems of infection control is the ‘Epidemiologist’; his task is to prevent diseases and take appropriate preventive measures to prevent and spread diseases.

Objectives The purpose of this work is to analyze the training of doctors of the sanitary and epidemiological profile.

Methods An analysis of the training system for specialists in the sanitary and epidemiological profile was carried out, taking into account the study of specialized subjects, as well as an analysis of the lack of specialists in this industry.

Results and Conclusion Earlier in the Republic of Kazakhstan, there were 5 medical universities in which doctors-epidemiologists-hygienists were trained for the sanitary-epidemiological service. At the moment, there are 7 medical universities, which train specialists in the new specialty ‘Public health’. After analyzing the training system for specialists in the sanitary and epidemiological profile, we discovered in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, there was a shortage of more than 800 epidemiologists and specialists of the sanitary and epidemiological service, which significantly influenced the fight against coronavirus infection. From this it can be concluded that medical universities need to: 1. Open new faculties to train doctors-epidemiologists-hygienists; 2. to intensify the recruitment of new applicants for this specialty of a sanatorium-epidemiological profile; also, government agencies need to allocate additional grants for such applicants. The Sanitary and Epidemiological Service has played an important role in the history of the well-being of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Over the years of its existence, the service has been one of the main ones in protecting the health of the population of Kazakhstan.