In Kazakhstan, people living with HIV and key populations face serious difficulties in obtaining resource assistance from the state. A number of regulations in the country provide access to healthcare guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is difficult to hold face-to-face meetings to train future human rights professionals, although the need remains urgent.

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During the state of emergency and quarantine throughout the country, people living with HIV were in a difficult situation. Many lost their jobs and were left without a livelihood. Activists of HIV-service NGOs note the lack of personal protective equipment for employees and volunteers of organizations. Clients of NGOs need food packages, protective equipment (masks, gloves, sanitizers), as well as stable communication with consultants by phone or through the messenger, but due to loss of income they do not have this opportunity. This situation significantly increases the risk in people living with HIV (PLHIV) of COVID-19.

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Patients of substitution maintanance treatment (PST) in Temirtau, Karaganda region (Kazakhstan) have limited access to the treatment of a chronic disease guaranteed by them by the state. In Kazakhstan, participants in SMT programs are taking the medication at mental health centers under the direct supervision of medical personnel. From mid-March 2020, the building of Temirtau Narcology Clinic was reallocated to the hospital for patients with COVID – 19.

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