Ukraine’s acting minister of health, Dr. Ulana Suprun, spoke at the 72nd session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva on May 21. Below is the text of her address (as delivered). Source: Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
The transformation of Ukraine’s health care system has been a hallmark of change in our country. Over the last two and a half years, the path to universal health coverage and attaining SDG 3 [Sustainable Development Goals regarding good health and well-being] in Ukraine was built by redefining how health care services are financed by creating the National Health Service of Ukraine, a single payer system.