Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot247310.32687/0869-866X-2025-33-6-1460-1465Научная статьяThe Certain Aspects of Development of Medical Volunteering and Charity Activity in Medical Social Sphere in Countries of the Central AsiaGorskyA. A.OsmonovaN. I.SodikovaSh. M.The Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “The A. N. Kosygin Russian State University (Technologies. Design. Art)”, 119071, Moscow, RussiaN. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, 105064, Moscow, RussiaThe Intergovernmental Educational Organization of Higher Education “The First President of the Russian Federation B. N. Yeltsin Kyrgyz Russian Slavonic University”, 720000, Bishkek, the Kyrgyz RepublicThe International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan, 100011, Tashkent, the Republic of Uzbekistan151220253361460146519122025Copyright © 2025,2025The article considers particular characteristics of becoming and development of medical charity and volunteering in the countries of the Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan). The analysis of databases of the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the program “The United Nations Volunteers” revealed key trends and problems of development of medical social initiatives in the Region. It is demonstrated that medical volunteering performs compensatory, integral, innovative and educational functions promoting to increase accessibility of medical care, consolidation of social solidarity and modernization of public health. It is established that volunteering and charity practices become important element of social infrastructure in the countries of the Central Asia. However, their institutionalization and professionalization continue to be incomplete. The directions of further development are grounded: formation of legal fundamentals, certification of volunteers, digitization, integration into national strategies of sustainable development.medical volunteeringcharitythe Central Asiapublic healthcivil societysocial solidarityinstitutionalizationsustainable developmentмедицинское волонтерствоблаготворительностьЦентральная Азияобщественное здравоохранениегражданское обществосоциальная солидарностьинституционализацияустойчивое развитие[Казахстан. Обзор данных о состоянии здоровья в Республике Казахстан. Режим доступа: https://data.who.int/countries/398 (дата обращения 12.06.2025).][World Development Indicators. Режим доступа: https://wdi.worldbank.org/table/2.12 (дата обращения 12.06.2025).][State of volunteering in Central Asia Review. Summary. United Nations Volunteers (UNV). Bonn, Germany; 2024.][Закон Республики Казахстан «О благотворительности» от 16.11.2015 №402-V ЗРК. Режим доступа: https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/Z1500000402 (дата обращения 12.06.2025).][Закон Кыргызской Республики «О волонтерской деятельности» от 31.03.2023 №77. Режим доступа: https://cbd.minjust.gov.kg/112560/edition/1244123/ru (дата обращения 12.06.2025).][Закон Республики Узбекистан «О волонтерской деятельности» от 02.12.2019 № ЗРУ-585. Режим доступа: https://lex.uz/en/docs/4624004 (дата обращения 12.06.2025).][Anatomy of Health Care Transformation: USAID’s Legacy in Health Systems Strengthening in Central Asia: 1994–2015, August 2015. Bethesda, MD. Quality Health Care Project in Central Asia, Abt Associates Inc.][Volunteering. Режим доступа: https://www.unicef.org/kazakhstan/en/volunteering (дата обращения 12.06.2025).][Youth Corps (ZHAS) Project — Kazakhstan. Режим доступа: https://yptoolbox.unescapsdd.org/portfolio/zhas-project-kazakhstan/ (дата обращения 12.06.2025).][Якубова Е. А. Социальное партнерство и развитие волонтерства в Центральной Азии. Вестник Кыргызско-Российского Славянского университета. 2022;22(3):112—8.][Training 2000 further community health volunteers in Uzbekistan. Режим доступа: https://www.unv.org/unv-countries/uzbekistan (дата обращения 12.06.2025).][Health volunteers in Uzbekistan establish new approach to fight COVID-19. Режим доступа: https://www.undp.org/uzbekistan/stories/health-volunteers-uzbekistan-establish-new-approach-fight-covid-19 (дата обращения 12.06.2025).][Medical doctors (per 10 000 population). Режим доступа: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/medical-doctors-(per-10-000-population) (дата обращения 12.06.2025).][Uzbekistan United Nations country results report. 2020. Режим доступа: https://uzbekistan.un.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/CRR-Uzbekistan2020.pdf (дата обращения 12.06.2025).][Более 900 специально обученных волонтеров-медиков помогают на прививочных пунктах Алматы. Режим доступа: https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/almaty/press/news/details/186376?lang=ru (дата обращения 12.06.2025).][United Nations Volunteers (UNV). Режим доступа: https://unric.org/en/unv/ (дата обращения 12.06.2025).]