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Serving People, Improving Health Project: Distance is no longer a barrier to heart disease diagnosis and treatment in Zaporizhzhia oblast All 32 primary healthcare centers in Zaporizhzhia oblast were provided with the necessary equipment – computers, electrocardiographs and USB flash drives for storing ECGs – for offering remote medical consultations to patients from rural and remote areas. In a relatively short period, this practice has already saved the lives of many heart disease patients in the region. The equipment was purchased and delivered to the primary healthcare centers in Zaporizhzhia oblast under the ‘Improving medical care to patients with diseases of the circulatory system in the Zaporizhzhia oblast’ subproject of the Serving People, Improving Health joint project of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine with the World Bank.
World’s best experts in paediatric care will share their expertise with doctors and nurses of Kyiv-based National Specialized Children’s Hospital OKHMATDYT The Children of Chornobyl Canadian Fund allocated 800,000 Canadian dollars to continue implementing the Ukraine Paediatric Fellowship Program, and in particular, to develop a new partnership with the National Specialized Children’s Hospital OKHMATDYT, under which world-renowned specialists from the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) will provide clinical consultations and specialized trainings to Ukrainian doctors and nurses.
Serving People, Improving Health Project: cancer screening and early detection for women in Lviv oblast Under the Serving People, Improving Health joint project of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine with the World Bank, six interdistrict screening centers in Lviv oblast were provided with modern equipment for cancer screening and early detection in women, with the key focus on breast cancer. More than 26,000 women have undergone screenings in these centers in the past three years.