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Healthcare in Kazakhstan
The Healthcare in Kazakhstan is a post-Soviet healthcare system under reform. The World Health Organization (WHO), in 2000, ranked the Kazakhstan's healthcare system as the 64th in overall performance, and 135th by overall level of health (among 191 member nations included in the study).
The country’s recent health reforms aim to progress towards universal health coverage through a strong primary health care and promoting family medicine, particularly in rural and remote areas. Regional and local governments have lead these changes, with increased autonomy for primary health facility managers.
There has been two big reform programs since 2000. The National Programme for Healthcare Reform and Development (2005-2010) and the Health Care Development Programme (2011-2015).
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds that Kazakhstan is fulfilling 79.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Kazakhstan achieves 96.1% of what is expected based on its current income. Regarding the right to health among the adult population, the country achieves only 80.9% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. Kazakhstan falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 62.1% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.
The most common diseases are cardiovascular conditions, respiratory infections, and neoplasms. Being cardiovascular diseases the leading cause of death. Since 2000, the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased, as has the incidence of environment-linked cancers. In 2024 an estimated 43,000 citizens had HIV. In 2024 there was 70 people with tuberculosis for every 100,000 people in Kazakhstan. There has also been very high numbers of suicides in Kazakhstan, which has been worsening since 2018, with an estimate of 18 people per 100,000 population. Mortality due to air pollution is improving since 2010, with 82 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019.
10 mothers died per 100,000 live births, and 8 children per 1,000 live births in 2023. Which indicates a constant reduction in deaths since 1971, with the exception on a spike in maternal mortality in 2021, attributed to COVID-19. Life expectancy was of 74.4 years old in 2023.
High blood pressure, poor nutrition and smoking are major causes of deaths and ill-health. Kazakhstan has initiated policies targeting these factors, including initiatives to reduce salt consumption and tobacco use and a ban on vaping products.
Healthcare in Kazakhstan is provided by a network of primary, secondary and tertiary care facilities. Healthcare facilities are largely owned and operated by the public sector represented by the Ministry of Health. As an ex-Soviet country, Kazakhstan comes from a hospital centered health care system.
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Healthcare in Kazakhstan
The Healthcare in Kazakhstan is a post-Soviet healthcare system under reform. The World Health Organization (WHO), in 2000, ranked the Kazakhstan's healthcare system as the 64th in overall performance, and 135th by overall level of health (among 191 member nations included in the study).
The country’s recent health reforms aim to progress towards universal health coverage through a strong primary health care and promoting family medicine, particularly in rural and remote areas. Regional and local governments have lead these changes, with increased autonomy for primary health facility managers.
There has been two big reform programs since 2000. The National Programme for Healthcare Reform and Development (2005-2010) and the Health Care Development Programme (2011-2015).
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds that Kazakhstan is fulfilling 79.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Kazakhstan achieves 96.1% of what is expected based on its current income. Regarding the right to health among the adult population, the country achieves only 80.9% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. Kazakhstan falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 62.1% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.
The most common diseases are cardiovascular conditions, respiratory infections, and neoplasms. Being cardiovascular diseases the leading cause of death. Since 2000, the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased, as has the incidence of environment-linked cancers. In 2024 an estimated 43,000 citizens had HIV. In 2024 there was 70 people with tuberculosis for every 100,000 people in Kazakhstan. There has also been very high numbers of suicides in Kazakhstan, which has been worsening since 2018, with an estimate of 18 people per 100,000 population. Mortality due to air pollution is improving since 2010, with 82 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019.
10 mothers died per 100,000 live births, and 8 children per 1,000 live births in 2023. Which indicates a constant reduction in deaths since 1971, with the exception on a spike in maternal mortality in 2021, attributed to COVID-19. Life expectancy was of 74.4 years old in 2023.
High blood pressure, poor nutrition and smoking are major causes of deaths and ill-health. Kazakhstan has initiated policies targeting these factors, including initiatives to reduce salt consumption and tobacco use and a ban on vaping products.
Healthcare in Kazakhstan is provided by a network of primary, secondary and tertiary care facilities. Healthcare facilities are largely owned and operated by the public sector represented by the Ministry of Health. As an ex-Soviet country, Kazakhstan comes from a hospital centered health care system.
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