![Yelena Bilokon Yelena Bilokon](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_150x150/public/success_story/SS-2.jpg?itok=4LwOj05F)
Although NGOs in Kazakhstan have done much to address injustices against persons living with HIV, high levels of social stigma and institutional discrimination persist.
![program participants program participants](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_150x150/public/success_story/SS%201.jpg?itok=uCIUiEWv)
As Kazakhstan continues to develop economically, it also continues to develop its civil society sector, particularly, organizations focused on improving the lives of those living with HIV.
![obstetrician-gynecologist conducts the first cascade training obstetrician-gynecologist conducts the first cascade training](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_150x150/public/success_story/123_4.jpg?itok=3DsF3lP4)
Increased access to quality family planning services and increased awareness of modern methods of contraception are among the main priorities of Kazakhstan's health-care system in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
![Gulaikhan Myrzagalieva Gulaikhan Myrzagalieva](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_150x150/public/success_story/SS%20pic.jpg?itok=-NGLbl1A)
When top managers from 14 Kazakhstani companies visited Kabul, Afghanistan, in July 2013 to present and promote products and goods made in Kazakhstan, more than $7 million in deals between entrepreneurs from the two countries were preliminarily negotiated at the meetings. The meetings were part of a trade exchange organized by USAID's Regional Economic Cooperation Project.
![NGO leader Galina Boltovskaya is an accomplished marksperson who teaches sports to disabled people NGO leader Galina Boltovskaya is an accomplished marksperson who teaches sports to disabled people](https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_150x150/public/success_story/123_3.jpg?itok=HuB7f9iV)
Galina Boltovskaya is a confident woman in her mid-40s who slings a rifle over her shoulder and a crutch under each arm. She isn’t a hunter, but, rather, an enthusiastic guide for a flashy sporting complex in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan, and an avid marksperson who excels in the 10-meter air rifle shooting event.
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