IRF’s letter to President and Prime Minister of Ukraine

IRF's letter to President and Prime Minister of Ukraine

President of Ukraine

Petro Poroshenko

Prime Minister of Ukraine

Volodymyr Groysman

Dear Mr. President!

Dear Mr. Prime Minister!

With the great respect, let me turn to you with a request to note that the International Renaissance Foundation, which has invested more than $ 500,000 for the past three years in promoting the public health reforms, expresses full support for the Acting Minister Uliana-Nadiya Suprun’s and her team initiative aimed at combating corruption in the health system, the formation of new principles of financing in the sector, improving the quality of content and professional education of physicians.

We would like to remark that the efficiency, transparency and openness of the current leaders of the Ministry of Health led by the Acting Minister enable the promotion of necessary reforms which are supported by the Foundation, namely the medicines procurement reform, the introduction of drug reimbursement (compensation) system, the reform of primary health care.

Knowing this directly, we believe that recent news reports about the omission of the Ministry of Health, the low professional level and so on is a sign of opposition of the old system, some of its members and attempts to manipulate the country’s leaders and ordinary citizens’ consciousness. We believe that positive changes, which have been already implemented and those that are now beginning, will not be crossed under the pressure from that part of the medical community that is interested in maintaining the old forms and processes in the industry.

Taking this opportunity, we reaffirm our readiness to continue to support the necessary reforms in the health system, including in cooperation with other international partners and donors who work in this direction.

 

Regards,

Yevhen Bystrytsky

Executive Director

International Renaissance Foundation

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