Oct 23, 2020Following the example of the CDC: Ukraine creates a new service to combat epidemiological threatsToday, the whole world is struggling with the spread of COVID-19. In Ukraine, as in most EU countries, the number of infected is also growing. We have some improvements in countering COVID-19, such as low fatalities, but there are also failures. …Covid-193 min readCovid-193 min read
Sep 23, 2020How Ukraine is strengthening the quality control of medicinesUkrainian MPs are changing the healthcare system step by step. We continue to implement the health care reform and address the problems facing the industry. One of them is the quality of medicines. Due to the imperfect legal framework, Ukrainians often buy expensive imported medicines of dubious origin. We want…4 min read4 min read
Aug 14, 2020Many Ukrainian nurses go to work abroad: what to do?One of the significant problems of the medical industry of Ukraine is the outflow of employees. Our medical workers go to work in Eastern Europe where they are offered a much higher salary. Most of them are are nurses. …3 min read3 min read
Jul 20, 2020How Ukraine is changing the blood donation system and attracting investorsOur country is gradually, step by step, changing the Ukrainian healthcare sector. We are moving away from the Soviet medical system and implementing the European standards. I have already written about the medicine reform in Ukraine and about changes in the field of transplantation. …Blood Donation3 min readBlood Donation3 min read
Jun 8, 2020Transplantation in Ukraine: From Middle Ages stereotypes to modern realitiesUkraine has always been considered a country with a sufficiently developed medical industry. In Soviet times, our country was one of the leaders in the qualification of doctors and medical infrastructure. Even the economic crisis in the 1990s did not significantly affect Ukrainian medicine, which remained of fairly high quality. …Ukraine6 min readUkraine6 min read
May 18, 2020Medical Reform: The Way Towards Insurance MedicineUkraine is a European country. Its residents want the same living standards as in Europe in all spheres, including the health sector. I will tell you how the Ukrainian government is gradually changing the outdated Soviet system into a modern model, which includes insurance medicine. Semashko Soviet System In the…Covid-198 min readCovid-198 min read