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    • 10 questions about the new EU neighbours 

      Arnaudova, Albena (‏2006)‏
      Since 1 May 2004, the European Union (‏EU)‏ has had 25 members and 12 new neighbours. The EU’s members differ in their populations’ health status and their health systems’ patterns of development. How does each of the neighbouring countries compare in terms of health to the EU – its members before and after May 2004 and the 25 countries as a whole? This book offers a quick and easy way to grasp the essential features of health and health systems in the EU’s neighbours. Each chapter provides a concise overview of key health indicators in 1 of the ...
    • 10 вопросов о здравоохранении в странах – новых соседях ЕС 

      Arnaudova, Albena (‏2006)‏
      С 1 мая 2004 г. в состав Европейского союза (‏ЕС)‏ входят 25 членов, а 12 государств являются его новыми соседями. Между государствами - членами ЕС имеются различия в отношении состояния здоровья населения и уровня развития систем здравоохранения. Какие различия в области здравоохранения имеются между каждой из соседних стран и странами, являвшимися членами ЕС до мая 2004 г., ставшими его членами после этой даты, а также всеми 25 странами в целом? Данная публикация позволяет быстро и в удобной форме ознакомиться с основными показателями здоровья и ...
    • Access to health-care services for older persons and persons with disabilities living in Eastern Ukraine along the "line of contact" 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2021‎, WHO/EURO:2021-2038-41793-57267)‏
      The conflict in eastern Ukraine has caused a deterioration in the level of access to good-quality health-care services, and people living in the area – particularly those living closer to the ‘’line of contact’’ – face difficulties seeking such services. In the two oblasts of Luhansk and Donetsk, where health indicators were among the lowest even before the conflict, the situation has grown worse, leaving those living in the area to face increased health expenditure, including transport costs and out-of-pocket payments for services that are ...
    • Accident Recovery Workers Project : report of the Informal Discussion on Oxidative Stress in Chernobyl Accident Recovery Workers, Paris, France, 20-21 September 1996 

      International Programme on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident; World Health Organization. Office of Global and Integrated Environmental Health; Informal Discussion on Oxidative Stress in Chernobyl Accident Recovery Workers (‏1996: Paris, France)‏ (‏1997‎, WHO/EHG/97.1)‏
    • Adjusting health financing for people fleeing conflict: policy guidance for countries in Europe 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2022‎, WHO/EURO:2022-5241-45005-64099)‏
      This policy paper outlines key health financing policy actions for countries to ensure universal access to health services and financial protection for people fleeing conflict. It focuses on three policy areas – granting entitlement and ensure access to the full range of needed health services for people fleeing conflict, making additional funding available and strengthening purchasing arrangements. Policy guidance is illustrated using country examples from Europe. The paper’s recommendations are relevant to all countries in Europe.
    • Adopting a people-centred approach to improve the prehospital care system in eastern Ukraine 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2020‎, WHO/EURO:2020-5575-45340-64885)‏
      WHO conducted a qualitative and quantitative survey of emergency medical services (‏EMS)‏ across the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of eastern Ukraine in 2019. In a follow-up to this survey, WHO conducted a descriptive analysis of selected data sets based on identified indicators and including a literature review of key documents drafted by the Ministry of Health in Ukraine. The follow-up study aims to offer evidence-based recommendations to improve the quality of prehospital care in eastern Ukraine. This report presents an overview of the study’s ...
    • Alcohol taxation and pricing policies and their impact on alcohol consumption in Ukraine from 2011– 2021: country report 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2024-02-23‎, WHO/EURO:2024-9154-48926-72889)‏
      This report provides an overview of Ukraine's taxation and pricing policies for alcoholic beverages between 2011 and 2021. The report also provides insights into the health consequences of alcohol consumption and endeavours to establish links and correlations between alcohol taxation, pricing, affordability and decreased consumption. The report aggregates the available data from various sources over the decade and provides commentary on the quality of this evidence. This work was intended to serve as grounding evidence to perform different ...
    • Aligning health and decentralization reform in Ukraine. Health policy papers series 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2021‎, WHO/EURO:2021-2593-42349-58635)‏
      Ukrainian decentralization reform has increased and democratized local government responsibility for health care at the level of local government closest to communities and has increased regional and local government responsibility for public health. Decentralization affects health system reform in three important areas: health financing, individual health services and public health.Decentralization reforms changed local government organization, functions and financing, directly affecting delivery of (‏individual)‏ health care services. However, ...
    • Assessment of access to essential outpatient medicines in Ukraine 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2021‎, WHO/EURO:2021-2770-42528-59083)‏
      WHO recently conducted a survey to assess the availability and cost of a national tracer list of essential medicines in the outpatient sector in Ukraine using a new collection tool – the WHO Essential Medicines and Health Products Price and Availability Monitoring Mobile Application. This tool facilitates rapid and inexpensive data collection at the facility level. The assessment also gathered data for Sustainable Development Goal indicator 3.b.3. A multidimensional index was recently introduced by WHO to enable joint assessment of the availability ...
    • Assessment of the viral hepatitis response in Ukraine: mission report: 6–9 June 2017 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2018‎, WHO/EURO:2018-3070-42828-59772)‏
      Acknowledging an urgent need to strengthen the national response to viral hepatitis in the context of the global goal of eliminating hepatitis as a public health problem by 2030, the Ministry of Health (‏MoH)‏ of Ukraine requested that a WHO mission to the country be carried out. The purpose of the mission was to review the current hepatitis control system in the country, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment and strategic information related to hepatitis; and to provide recommendations for developing the national action plan to combat viral ...
    • Before, during and after radiation emergencies / by Leif Bloomqvist and Pat O' Riordan 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe; O`Riordan, Pat; Blomqvist, Leif (‏1997)‏
    • Behavioural insights on health service needs and access: results of a qualitative study among refugees from Ukraine in Slovakia: September 2022–January 2023 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2023‎, WHO/EURO:2023-7566-47333-69460)‏
      The Russian military offensive in Ukraine that began on 24 February 2022 led to the largest population movement in Europe since the Second World War. Neighbouring countries such as Slovakia immediately opened their borders and offered a wide range of services to those fleeing war. Data about perceived health service needs and the experience of accessing services from the refugee perspective are urgently needed to appropriately tailor policies, programmes and communication activities.
    • Behavioural insights on health service needs, access and uptake: results of a qualitative study among refugees from Ukraine in Czechia: May–September 2023 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2024‎, WHO/EURO:2024-9044-48816-72669)‏
      The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 led to the displacement of over 7 million Ukrainians to neighbouring European Union countries. To understand and document access to health services from the refugee perspective, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, WHO Country Office in Czechia, Ministry of Health of Czechia and other key partners conducted a qualitative study of Ukrainian refugees in Czechia between May and September 2023. The objective was to identify health service needs and gaps and the barriers and drivers of health service ...
    • Budget execution in health: case study: Ukraine. Health policy papers series 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2023‎, WHO/EURO:2023-7195-46961-68614)‏
      This report was finalized in early 2022 and is therefore a snapshot of Ukraine’s budget execution as it was just before the start of the war. It will take years to duly account for the impact of the war on the systems and processes of health budget implementation, and to assess how resiliently they will have emerged from this horrendous disruption. However, rapid monitoring of the government’s activities four months into the new reality is giving encouraging signals that much if not most of the institutional framework discussed in this report is ...
    • Budgetary space for health in Ukraine: policy document to support budget preparation dialogue for 2021 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2020‎, WHO/EURO:2020-4385-44148-62443)‏
      Ukraine is kick-starting dialogue on increasing funding for health care; a challenging task in the current macro-fi scal context, which is overshadowed globally by coronavirus disease (‏COVID-19)‏. With the country’s public spending on health care standing at 3.2% of gross domestic product (‏GDP)‏ in 2019 – considerably behind its central European neighbours (‏OECD, 2020)‏ – along with consistently declining levels of consolidated government spending on health, and the spotlight the global pandemic has placed on health system weaknesses and poor resourcing ...
    • Building a stroke agenda for Ukraine: situation analysis 2021 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2022‎, WHO/EURO:2022-5641-45406-64977)‏
      Stroke care has become a priority in Ukraine. It is estimated that up to 130 000 people have strokes in Ukraine each year and mortality from stroke is higher than in most European countries. This document summarizes the findings of several WHO missions that took place from 2019 to 2021 to develop a situation analysis of stroke care in Ukraine and support further actions to improve the situation. The preliminary findings were discussed with national stakeholders in December 2021, leading to proposals for building a stroke agenda in Ukraine. While ...
    • Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Ukraine 

      Lai, Taavi; Shapoval, Natalia; Goroshko, Alona (‏2018)‏
      Out-of-pocket payments account for a very high share of total spending on health in Ukraine. Their share has grown substantially in recent years, as the share of the Government budget allocated to health has fluctuated but fallen overall, reaching a low of 8.6% in 2015; this is below the average of 10.2% for lower middle-income countries and far below the EU average of 13.5% and the European Region average of 12.5%.Inefficiencies and inequities in the way in which these very limited public resources are allocated and used in the health system ...
    • Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Ukraine 2023 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2023)‏
      This review is part of a series of country-based studies generating new evidence on financial protection – affordable access to health care – in health systems in Europe. It updates an analysis of financial protection in Ukraine published in 2018. Financial protection is central to universal health coverage and a core dimension of health system performance.The incidence of catastrophic health spending is higher in Ukraine than in many other countries in Europe. It is heavily concentrated in the poorest fifth of the population and among households ...