Universal access to health care declared as Kazakhstan’s priority at Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting
First Vice Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan Marat Shoranov participated in the Fifth Meeting of Health Ministers of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Speaking at the meeting, Marat Shoranov noted that the principle of universal access to...
Kazakhstan aims to have at least 50% of pharmaceuticals produced domestically by 2025
In a recent meeting between the Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan Azhar Giniyat and the State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Culture of the Republic of India Meenakshi Lekhi, the parties discussed cooperation in health care between Kazakhstan and India....
Kazakhstan aims to finance PHC by up to 60% of all health care costs
At the round table meeting conducted to discuss the collaboration between WHO Country Office in Kazakhstan, Vice Minister of Healthcare and the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aizhan Esmagambetova reminded that Kazakhstan aims to reach the...
Parliament Members discussed steps to improve the health insurance system
The Committee for Social and Cultural Development of the Lower Chamber of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a round table discussion on mandatory social health insurance attended by the Members of the Parliament, representatives of the Ministry of Health...
Health Insurance Fund held public hearings on pricing of its services
On June 29, 2022, public hearings were held on proposed prices for the services provided by the single payor -- the Social Health Insurance Fund. Public hearings are required to approve the prices of services provided by a state monopoly entity, such as the...
Kazakhstan expanded screening programs for children in an effort to invest into prevention
Vyacheslav Dudnik, Vice Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan spoke at the Open Doors Event held by the Corporate Fund "University Medical Center" in capital city Nur-Sultan, dedicated to the International Children's Day on June 1. “The greatest happiness of parents is...
Newly gained access to dental care under social health insurance showed 50% volume increase in 2021
Dental care is a demanded type of care within the national healthcare. The Social Health Insurance Fund reported that the volume of dental services provided under mandatory health insurance system in 2021 increased by 50%. As part of covered...
Budget to finance Social Health Insurance benefits is defined for 2022
As part of regular communication with the public, the Social Health Insurance Fund of Kazakhstan publishes explanatory materials for the purpose of awareness building. A ecent publication reminds readers that mandatory social health insurance system was...
Social health insurance-reimbursed CT, MRI scans tripled in 2021 as a result of better access
A significant increase in healthcare financing through the introduction of mandatory social health insurance in Kazakhstan imroved access to many types of highly demanded medical services. For example, consultations by specialist doctors, CT/MRI, X-ray and other types...
Kazakhstan is centralizing procurement of medical equipment to save costs
According to the press service of the Prime Minister, Kazakhstan is preparing the Program for medical equipment, where funding sources will be defined for each equipment type and public health care providers who are supposed to get the equipment with...
To contain costs, Kazakhstan’s Government is capping expenses for hospital construction
Under the State Health Development Program for years 2020-2025, adopted in 2019 and reframed into a National Project "Healthy Nation" in 2021, Kazakhstan has planned to build 20 large hospitals to replace multiple existing worn-out hospitals accross the country....
Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister initiated gradual transition to decentralized managment of health financing
The newly-appointed Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Mr Alikhan Smailov held a meeting on improving the efficiency of the healthcare system. The head of government criticized lack of coordination and effectiveness in management of public health expenditure by the Social...
Kazakhstan’s experience in COVID-19 management was presented to European ministers of health
Vice Minister of Healthcare and Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Kazakhstan Yerlan Kiyasov shared Kazakhstan's experience in an online meeting on "The situation with COVID-19 in the European Region: analysis of lessons learned and further actions", organized by the WHO...
President proposed to reduce total individual tax burden from 34% to 25% for small businesses
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his annual address to the people of Kazakhstan has traditionally devoted his speach to social protection and human capital development, as well as education and health sectors. Among new ideas, he mentioned: "Total...
President of Kazakhstan met with WHO Director General and proposed promoting PHC together with universal health coverage
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had an official visit to the Swiss Confederation and met with the Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus November 29, 2021. During the meeting, the Head of state described measures...