Although only a child at the time, Yelzhan Birtanov, Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan, remembers the landmark 1978 Alma-Ata conference. His physician parents were attendees. “I recall doing drawings with the pens that they brought back from the meeting, and looking at a lot of photos of the conference; even as a young child, it was clear that something major was taking place in my country”, he says.

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Yelzhan Birtanov：引领哈萨克斯坦实现全民健康覆盖

哈萨克斯坦卫生部长耶尔赞·比尔塔诺夫（Yelzhan Birtanov）虽然当时只有一个孩子，但他仍记得1978年具有里程碑意义的Alma-Ata会议。他的医师父母参加了会议。“我记得自己用从会议上带回来的钢笔画了画，并看了很多会议照片；他说：“即使是很小的孩子，很明显，我的国家正在发生重大的事情。”