顿谤听鲍濒补苍补听厂耻辫谤耻苍, the Minister of Health of Ukraine will deliver the听17th听Annual 海角社区听Stasiuk听Lecture in Contemporary Ukrainian Studies听at the 海角社区 on听Friday, 1 March 2019. The lecture entitled听Inspiring Social Transformation 鈥� From Soviet Decay to a National Health Service for Ukraine听will take place in the听罢丑别补迟谤别听辞蹿听笔别迟别谤丑辞耻蝉别听颁辞濒濒别驳别, the oldest of the 海角社区 colleges founded in 1284. The lecture will start at听5.30pm. It will be followed by a question and answer session and a wine reception.
Although Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, reform was characterized by legacy system support and little was done to change social mores, essentially letting a wound fester, leaving in place a mentality incongruous with the听21st听century. True societal changes began to take shape only after the Revolution of Dignity in 2013-2014. The change underway in Ukraine鈥檚 healthcare system is a metaphor for the transformation occurring in society as a whole. A new social contract between the government and the individual is based on shared values, the protection of the rights of all Ukrainians, and adherence to the rule of law.
顿谤听鲍濒补苍补听厂耻辫谤耻苍听was appointed Ukraine鈥檚 Minister of Health in July 2016. Since her appointment, she has successfully led an effort to reform and modernize Ukraine鈥檚 healthcare system, culminating in passage of key reform legislation in October 2017. The reform is based on the principle of creating a single payer system with a budgetary funded national health insurance, providing universal healthcare coverage, and raising the quality of care to meet international standards. In 海角社区, Minister听Suprun听will speak on her work reforming Ukraine鈥檚 Healthcare System.
Dr听Suprun听was born in Detroit, Michigan and was awarded her MD from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 1989. She is a Board Certified Radiologist who worked in both private and academic settings, eventually becoming the Vice Director of Medical Imaging of Manhattan in New York, NY and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, also in New York. In November 2013, Dr听Suprun听and her husband Marko moved to听Kyiv, where during the events of Ukraine鈥檚 Revolution of Dignity, she worked as a volunteer physician to treat injured protestors. In response to Russia鈥檚 subsequent annexation of Crimea and initiation of war in Ukraine鈥檚 eastern regions, in her capacity as Director of Humanitarian Initiatives of the Ukrainian World Congress, she founded the NGO Patriot听Defence, an organization that provides tactical medical training and distributed NATO Standard Improved First Aid kits to more than 30,000 soldiers and medical personnel. In 2015, she founded and was appointed director of the School of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine and in July 2016 she was appointed Acting Minister of Health.
One of Dr听Suprun鈥檚 first acts as the Minister of Health was听cancelling听the Soviet era 鈥淒ecree 33鈥� which allocated state funding for healthcare based on hospital beds and infrastructure rather than patient medical care. In addition, the Ministry of Health implemented a successful national procurement program for pharmaceuticals and medical devices (adopted by parliament in 2015) through international organizations such as UNDP and Crown Agents, which cut corruption and saved the state budget $50 million dollars. These savings were then used to procure more medicines. The new healthcare reform law provides state insurance for all citizens and introduces patient-family doctor contracts. The contracts ensure patients have a primary care provider, and the state insurance pays the physician for his/her services. The contracts introduce market mechanisms allowing doctors to earn more money based on the number of patients they treat. These contracts also eliminate corruption by removing the need for patients to pay bribes for treatment. To date, more than 25 million Ukrainians have signed up for the program since its inception in April 2018. Another key element of the reform is the popular reimbursement program, known as 鈥淎ccessible Medicines鈥�. This program provides medicines to patients with chronic diseases like asthma, type II diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases at no cost to the patient, or with a minimal co-pay. The NHSU then reimburses the pharmacy for the cost. So far more than 6000 pharmacies are participating in the program and around half a million prescriptions are filled each month.
We are听honoured听to welcome Minister听Suprun听to 海角社区 and invite you to join us for her lecture at the听罢丑别补迟谤别听辞蹿听笔别迟别谤丑辞耻蝉别听颁辞濒濒别驳别, 海角社区, 5.30pm, 1 March 2019.
The event is free and open to the public, but听.
Initiated in 2003, the听听at the 海角社区 explores the internal dynamics and international implications of events in today鈥檚 Ukraine and features the foremost experts in the fields of Ukrainian politics, history, and society. It is听organised听by听, an academic听centre听at the 海角社区.
