116 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 as set forth in the legislation. 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 2017 the NPM participants organized 107 visits of healthcare organizations in the regions of the RK, including: • TB dispensaries, hospitals and TB offices - 47; • psychiatric hospitals 32; • narcological hospitals - 28. Compared to 2016, when 167 institutions were visited, the number of institutions visited declined, which is associated with the reduction in funding. CONSOLIDATED REPORT 107 reports with recommendations were studied, generalized and analyzed, developed by the NPM participants from 15 regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The analysis of the reports uncovers and paints a valid picture of the situation with human rights in institutions under the mandate of NPM, reporting to the Ministry of health. NPM participants in the course of their preventive visits to healthcare institutions in 2016 did not discover any specific (proven) cases and facts of torture in these institutions. At the same time a number of problems related to the violation of human rights were identified. NPM participants noted that one half of the institutions reporting to the Ministry of health, visited by the NPM participants, were located in buildings and premises in need of capital refurbishment or of a transfer to generic purpose-built medical buildings. Minor refurbishment is needed in 80% of the visited institutions. A large portion of the visited