Abstract
The most crucial spheres of social life in any state are health care and education, including medical education. Strengthening and safeguarding the population's health is one of the core priorities of every country's state policy. The health care system of Kazakhstan, as well as the whole country, during the years of independence has passed a complex phase of formation and development. Therefore, this research has been conducted to analyze the way of development of the health care system of the republic during the years of independence. The authors of the article conducted a review of programme and conceptual documents and their analysis. In the article the authors have attempted to analyze the path and stages of development of the health care system of Kazakhstan during the years of independence.