emergency relief efforts, renovation of the Central Botanical Garden in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and other activities. Personal life Almaz Sharman is married to Dana Sharman who is a medical doctor with an MPH degree from the Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the director of Global Technology Network, a company that promotes telemedicine, geographic information systems, survey research and mobile technologies in healthcare. The Sharmans have two sons: Torehan (born in 1991), who graduated from the University of Michigan, College of Engineering, and Oskar (born in 1993), who graduated from George Washington University, School of Business. Sharman's niece Alua, whom he adopted (born in 1982), graduated from University of Maryland at College Park. From her, Sharman has a grandson, Connor (born in 2006). They live in Baltimore, MD. Selected publications Building a tuberculosis-free world: The Lancet Commission on tuberculosis. The Lancet, Vol. 393, No. 10178, March 20, 2019 A New Paradigm of Primary Health Care in Kazakhstan: Personalized, Community-based, Standardized, and Technology-driven. Sharman, A. Central Asian Journal of Global Health, 2014, Vol. 3, No. 1. Preventive medicine is key to Healthcare in Kazakhstan, says professor of medicine. The Astana Times, 23 December 2013. Tuberculosis in Kazakhstan: analysis of risk determinants in national surveillance data. Terlikbayeva A, Hermosilla S, Galea S, Schluger N, Yegeubayeva S, Abildayev T, Muminov T, Akiyanova F, Bartkowiak L, Zhumadilov Z, Sharman A, El-Bassel N. BMC Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 18;12:262. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-262. The scientific basis for healthy aging and anti-aging processes (monograph). Mary Ann Liebert inc. Publishers, New York, 2011. Modernization and growth in Kazakhstan (editorial) Sharman, A. Central Asian Journal of Global Health, 2012, Vol 1, No 1. Anemia among women and children. Sharman, A. Goldberg, H. in: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ORC Macro. 2003. Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health in Eastern Europe and Eurasia: A Comparative Report. Atlanta, GA (USA) and Calverton, MD (USA). pp 155–163Dhs+: building the "h" in the demographic and health surveys. Almaz sharman. Measure dhs+, ORC Macro, American Public Health Association, 2001. Anemia in Central Asia: demographic and health survey experience. Almaz Sharman. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol. 19, no. 4, 1998, The United Nations University Hapten-induced model of murine inflammatory bowel disease: mucosa immune responses and protection by tolerance. Elson CO, Beagley KW, Sharman A, Fujihashi K, Kiyono H, Tennyson GS, Cong Y, Black CA, Ridwan BW, McGhee JR. J Immunol. 1996 Sep