Kazakhstan

Helpful Resources
	Pioneering Model Primary Healthcare Programs, Astana Family Medicine Center Combines Medical and Social Services (AIHA Connections, May 2001)
	Central Asian Partners Learn About Community Mobilization Strategies and the Socially-oriented Model of the "Demeu" Family Medicine Center (AIHA Connections, August 2003)
	Integrating Social Services with Primary Healthcare: Successful Demeu Model to Be Disseminated in Kazakhstan (AIHA Connections, February-March 2005)
	Introduction of Combined Health and Social Services in Semey Brings New Meaning to Lives of Vulnerable Groups (AIHA Connections, August-September 2005)

As a result of this partnership, Demeu Family Medical Center was established in November 2000 to serve a local population of approximately 16,000. Since the center’s opening, the number of residents served has consistently increased from one reporting period to the next. Through a Community Advisory Board (CAB) that actively supports the Family Medicine Center, various programs have been initiated, from newsletter publication to education programs to meetings and seminars. The CAB has also helped attract media attention to the Center; initiated a “hotline” for center patients and more. Demeu and its staff have played a leading role in nationwide implementation of community-oriented primary care and spearheaded the development of social work as a profession in the country. Demeu houses a Social Work Training Center that was established in cooperation with AIHA and Columbia University.

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