Improvement of the Policy of Struggle against Cardiovascular Diseases in the Republic of Kazakhstan Based on Foreign Experience

The article is devoted to one of the types of socially significant diseases, which not only significantly reduce the lives of many people, but also lead to death. Every year, 17.9 million people die from cardiovascular diseases in the world, as well as affect people of working age. According to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan occupies a leading position in the number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases, and also refers to countries with a very high level of risk. Given the social and economic losses from cardiovascular diseases, the main goal of this article is to identify risk factors that contribute to the occurrence of circulatory diseases and to propose improved preventive measures based on research from foreign countries. To identify a problem in the fight against cardiovascular diseases, the authors of the article made an analysis of the current regulatory legal acts and state programs for combating cardiovascular diseases, as well as conducted a survey among citizens about the types and terms characterizing cardiovascular diseases.