ReLAB-HS is Launching in Ukraine | Join Us For The Launch Event on Tuesday 14th September

We are delighted to invite you to the launch of ReLAB-HS in Ukraine Tuesday, 14th of September, 3.30pm EEST.

The armed conflict in eastern Ukraine and resulting injuries have increased demand and highlighted the need for rehabilitation services. Ukraine inherited a centralized health care system from the Soviet Union that has been underbudgeted, heavily bureaucratic, and lacking in mechanisms that support transparency.

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Rehabilitation services have been based on the bio-medical model of disability and are not widely available at the community and primary health care levels. There is a lack of personnel qualified to provide assistive technology in the country, no National Priority Assistive Product List, and complicated procedures for obtaining assistive technology.

 

But Ukraine is undergoing significant health sector reform. The Ministry of Health is committed to implementing change, providing a crucial opportunity to ensure that rehabilitation services are part of broader health system reform. In addition, the Parliament of Ukraine passed the “About Rehabilitation in the Healthcare” law in 2020 to promote the integration of rehabilitation services across the continuum of healthcare.

ReLAB-HS are delighted to support this push for the integration of rehabilitation and assistive technology into health systems.

Attend our launch and hear from:

  • Representatives from the Ministry of Health, Ukraine
  • Representatives from USAID Washington DC and the Ukraine mission
  • Dr. Abdulgafoor Bachani, Director, Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit and ReLAB-HS
  • Satish Mishra, Technical Manager – Disability and Rehabilitation, WHO Regional Office for Europe

There will also be a panel discussion and time for questions from the audience.

We want to make this a positive experience for all participants. If you have particular access needs (for example visual impairment, dyslexia, deafness, etc.) please contact us at [email protected] so we can work together to get you as good an experience as we can.

In order to attend the event please ensure you have signed up ahead of time.

This work is supported by the USAID funded Learning Acting Building for Rehabilitation in Health Systems (ReLAB-HS) project and is not possible without the generous and committed contribution of the Leahy War Victims fund.

ReLAB-HS is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and is implemented under cooperative agreement number 7200AA20CA00033. The consortium is managed by prime recipient, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.