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In Kazakhstan, a significant focus has been placed on prevention, early detection, accessible treatment, and increased survival rates for patients battling non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This strategic approach has seen the country make impressive strides in the fight against cardiovascular diseases and cancers.
One of the key elements of Kazakhstan's success story is the establishment of 83 stroke centers across the nation. These centers have played a crucial role in reducing mortality and disability from acute cerebrovascular diseases. Furthermore, the number of catheterization laboratories has increased from 31 to 49 between 2017 and 2024, enhancing the country's diagnostic and treatment capabilities.
The Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan has prioritized the creation of centers capable of providing emergency care at world standards. This commitment is evident in the round-the-clock protection of medical staff provided by police posts in Astanan hospitals.
Kazakhstan has also strengthened its national healthcare system, implementing a systematic approach to combating NCDs. This approach aligns with the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendations for combating NCDs, with monitoring data showing that Kazakhstan has fully implemented 50% of these measures and partially implemented an additional 36%.
The country's successful experience in reducing NCD mortality is expected to serve as a model for other regional countries facing similar challenges. Kazakhstan is, in fact, one of the ten countries in the European region of the WHO that has achieved the global target of reducing premature mortality from NCDs by 25% by 2025.
Kazakhstan's strategies to achieve this target revolve around promoting public health and developing a sustainable, inclusive, and patient-oriented healthcare system with equitable access to quality primary health care. Key measures include expanding telemedicine services, reducing neonatal mortality, and ensuring fair access to healthcare for all populations, particularly targeting rural-urban disparities and strengthening prevention efforts for mental, reproductive, and adolescent health.
The country also emphasizes Universal Health Coverage (UHC) development to improve prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of NCDs through public health promotion and health system reforms. These efforts conform to broader WHO and Sustainable Development Goals frameworks, which stress integrated, equitable health service delivery as critical to reducing NCD premature mortality.
In addition to these strategies, Kazakhstan has conducted its first large-scale study using the STEPS methodology, the "gold standard" for assessing NCD risk factors, which has provided comparable global data and strengthened national health strategies.
The WHO European Regional Office has published a report titled "Preventable mortality, risk factors, and strategies for the prevention and control of NCDs", which includes Kazakhstan as one of the countries that have successfully implemented strategies to reduce NCD mortality. The inclusion of Kazakhstan in the top 10 countries achieving global health goals, as per WHO, is a testament to the effectiveness of healthcare reforms and smart state policies in health protection.
References:
- Kazakhstan's sustainable health system reforms and UHC emphasis
- National NCD Strategic Plan 2021-2025 priorities including prevention and treatment integration
- WHO-endorsed strategies on equitable access and health benefit packages for NCDs
- Kazakhstan has conducted its first large-scale study using the STEPS methodology, the "gold standard" for assessing NCD risk factors, which has provided comparable global data and strengthened national health strategies.
- The countries listed in the report that have successfully implemented strategies to reduce NCD mortality are Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, and Estonia.
- The WHO European Regional Office published a report titled "Preventable mortality, risk factors, and strategies for the prevention and control of NCDs" on its official website.
- The inclusion of Kazakhstan in the top 10 countries achieving global health goals, as per WHO, is a testament to the effectiveness of healthcare reforms and smart state policies in health protection.
- Kazakhstan's strategic approach towards NCDs, which includes a focus on science and medical-conditions, is evident in their reduction of mortality from acute cerebrovascular diseases through the establishment of stroke centers.
- In their fight against NCDs, the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan has emphasized the importance of health-and-wellness, fitness-and-exercise, and nutrition, by promoting public health and developing a sustainable healthcare system with equitable access.
- The success of Kazakhstan in reducing NCD mortality rates, as recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO), is also a result of their implementation of strategies that prioritize prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of NCDs, particularly through Universal Health Coverage (UHC) development, which focuses on cardiovascular-health.
