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Ukraine's healthcare transformation progress in the context of European integration On June 26, 2018, the EU-Ukraine Sub-Committee on Economic and Other Sector Cooperation cluster meeting participants, including representatives of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, discussed the major accomplishments and future prospects for bringing the Ukrainian healthcare in line with the European standards in the context of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement implementation.
9 July
Donor skin has saved the lives of 47 patients since the beginning of the year For more than a year now, skin allografts (SA) have been successfully used to treat military and civilians with large burn lesions. This technique is one of the most effective in the treatment of II-III-degree burns.
6 July
The Ministry of Health has completed the first stage of the assessment of EU legal acts under the self-screening procedure In total, the Ministry’s experts have reviewed more than 1500 EU acquis in the field of healthcare. In the process of studying, 347 EU regulations were identified that require mandatory implementation into Ukrainian legislation.
5 July
Over 2,000 generators installed in medical facilities since the start of full-scale war Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and its partners have provided 2,258 generators to medical institutions. In particular, Medical Procurement of Ukraine purchased 656 devices for over UAH 132.6 million at the request of the Ministry of Health. Another 1,602 devices were received as humanitarian aid from partners.
4 July
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Ministry of Health and WHO will continue cooperation to develop rehabilitation system in Ukraine - Viktor Liashko Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Lyashko met with Satish Mishra, Technical Officer for Disability, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care of the WHO Regional Office for Europe; Guillaume Simonian, Acting Head of the WHO Office in Ukraine; and their team at the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, during which the participants discussed the main priorities in the field of rehabilitation care.
4 July
13 medical institutions in 4 most war-affected oblasts to be rebuilt at the expense of state budget subvention The government has allocated more than UAH 6.6 billion for reconstruction projects from the fund for liquidation of the consequences of the armed aggression of the russian federation. In particular, these include schools, kindergartens, medical facilities, residential buildings, construction and reconstruction of water and sewage systems, heating networks, drilling of artesian wells, etc.
3 July
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Medical evacuation: almost 3900 war-affected Ukrainians evacuated for treatment in foreign clinics For more than a year, the Ministry of Health, together with international partners, in particular, in the framework of cooperation with the European Commission, with the support of the WHO and the Government of Poland, has been providing medical evacuation of affected Ukrainians to foreign clinics. Importantly, the partners not only accept evacuation requests but also provide transportation by medical flights from the medical evacuation hub in Poland to European clinics where specialized medical care is provided.
In total, this cooperation has helped to send 3,897 Ukrainians for treatment.
28 June
Since the first days of the full-scale war, russia has damaged 1376 medical facilities and destroyed 184 more Since the first day of the full-scale war, the russian army has continued to target Ukraine's medical infrastructure. The enemy is systematically destroying hospitals, outpatient clinics, maternity clinics, and polyclinics. Since the full-scale invasion, russian missiles and shells have destroyed 184 medical facilities and damaged another 1,376.
28 June
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Viktor Liashko: Together with international partners, we continue to work on reforming the pharmaceutical sector and supply chains Minister of Health Viktor Liashko met with the leadership of the USAID mission, the SAFEMed project, and representatives of the international non-profit organization Management Sciences for Health with the participation of Deputy Minister for European Integration Maryna Slobodnichenko to identify and work out priorities for further cooperation with the Ministry.
27 June
Identification of missing persons: Ukrainian forensic experts undergo joint training with international experts The training on archeology in forensic science and anthropology for experts from the Bureau of Forensic Expertise of Ukraine lasted 2 months. Specialists from the Main and regional forensic bureaus of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the Ministry of Justice cooperated with specialists from the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).
23 June