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 led 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.

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