At almost any hour of the day — or night — you can find Gulzat walking the roads of Jerge-Tal village, located in the mountainous Naryn region of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Gulzat is a family nurse who works at the Group of Family Doctors No. 8, a primary health clinic that serves roughly 6,000 residents across three rural villages. She is part of a small medical team providing essential care in a region where access to health services is limited by transportation, distance, and a shortage of medical facilities and staff.
Gulzat is one of the thousands of healthcare workers supported by Global Affairs Canada through the Foundations for Health and Empowerment (F4HE) program. F4HE aims to improve the health and well-being of women, girls, their families, and their communities in Afghanistan, India, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, and Tajikistan.
