CONSOLIDATED REPORT General provision One of the main human rights is the right of citizens to the protection of health and medical care. The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan stipulates these rights and guarantees the protection of health and the provision of free medical care, and the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On People’s Health and Healthcare System” specifies this right more fully. Fulfillment of the constitutional rights of the citizens of Kazakhstan to the protection of health, quality medical care and state benefits is one of the main streams of the state healthcare policy. In 2018, the NPM members organized 79 visits to healthcare organizations in the regions of Kazakhstan, including: TB dispensaries, hospitals and TB offices – 22; psychiatric hospitals – 37; narcological hospitals – 20. Compared to 2017, when 107 institutions were visited, the number of institutions visited decreased which is 123 associated with the reduction in funding. And in 2016 there were 167 visits, i.e. for 2 years the number of visits decreased by more than 2 times. 79 reports with recommendations developed by NPM members from 15 regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan were studied, summarized and analyzed. The conducted analysis of the reports uncovers and shows a real picture of the situation with human rights in institutions under the mandate of NPM, reporting to the Ministry of health. Assessment of the situation NPM members in the course of preventive visits to healthcare institutions in 2018 did not discover any specific (proven) cases and facts of torture in these institutions. At the same time a number of issues related to the violation of human rights were identified. NPM members noted that one half of the institutions reporting to the Ministry of health, visited by the

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