KYIV. Sept 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The European Business Association (EBA) hopes medical reform will be launched in 2018 and Health Ministry officials responsible for the reform will be determined.
“The EBA Health Care Committee supports the need for a health care reform, and we were pleased to hear from President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at a business community meeting on September 13, 2017 open support and, most importantly, confidence that the reform will start in 2018,” Executive Director of the EBA Health Care Committee Natalia Serhienko told Interfax-Ukraine.
At the same time, she stressed the need to clearly define officials responsible for the reform.
“At this point, it is not clear exactly how responsibility for the reform will be built, who will be responsible for its phased implementation in the Ministry of Health. We hope that with the launch of the reform the issue of clear definition of responsible officials from the Health Ministry will be resolved and the public will have a full understanding and the opportunity to give feedback on the implementation of the reform stages,” she said.
In addition, the expert noted the EBA “would like to understand the government’s expectations from the pharmaceutical business for the successful implementation of the reform and the potential impact of the reform on the pharmaceutical industry.”
