Financing Youth Friendly SRH services in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Commitment description:Starting from January 2020, in addition to the State Guaranteed Health Benefit Package which already provides free services to all pregnant women, the Government will cover 91 outpatient Youth Friendly Sexual and Reproductive Health Services through a newly introduced Social Health Insurance System. This will cover all Young People, including those under 18, all university and vocational students as well as all unemployed (officially registered) Young People below 28 years of age.
In addition, the Ministry of Health commits to fund at least one Youth Health Centre in each region of Kazakhstan by 2021 that provides Youth Friendly SRH Information, Counselling and Services.
Mode of engagement:
- Budgetary and financial91 outpatient Youth Friendly Sexual and Reproductive Health Services will be financially covered through a newly introduced Social Health Insurance System
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)(4) Access for all adolescents and youth, especially girls, to comprehensive and age-responsive information, education and adolescent-friendly comprehensive, quality and timely services to be able to make free and informed decisions and choices about their sexuality and reproductive lives, to adequately protect themselves from unintended pregnancies, all forms of sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, to facilitate a safe transition into adulthood.
