The Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the USAID Healthcare Reform Support Project have launched an all-Ukrainian online sociological survey of patients called “Patient Voice”.
According to the Ministry on its website, the survey will allow to explore the experience of Ukrainian patients with the medical system to assess the perception of changes in the healthcare system.
The Ministry of Health reminds that in March-September 2024, the Voice of Healthcare Workers survey will also be conducted.
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell says that the European Commission has paid the first EUR4.5bn from the Ukrainian fund totaling EUR50bn.
He made the announcement on Wednesday in Brussels at a press conference at the end of the EU-Ukraine Association Council.
“Today we made the first disbursement of EUR4.5bn from the EUR50bn Ukrainian Aid Fund to support Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction and modernization. Tomorrow the European Council will discuss how to further accelerate Ukraine’s accession (to the EU),” Borrell said.
Polish authorities have agreed with farmers on subsidies per ton of grain and temporary closure of the border with Ukraine from April 1 for the transit of some agricultural products, polskieradio24.pl reported.
According to the newspaper, the document was signed by representatives of the protesting farmers, Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Seckerski and the ministry’s state secretary Michal Kolodziejczak.
The agreement envisages maintaining the current embargo on agricultural products from Ukraine, which has been in place since mid-September last year. It concerns in particular wheat, corn, wheat flour, rapeseed and sunflower.
In addition, the Minister of Agriculture must ask the Council of Ministers of the European Union to suspend the transit of these products through Polish territory as of April 1 this year.
Both sides in the signed document also consider it necessary to develop detailed rules for agri-food trade between Poland and Ukraine, but also note that the difficult situation in agriculture is the result of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
Farmers’ representatives in the agreement declare their government’s support for the changes to the Green Agreement. It is primarily about replacing the mandatory transfer to a voluntary ecosystem and simplifying other rules for farmers.
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In February 2024, TAS Insurance Group has attracted UAH 312.2 mln of insurance premiums, which is 47% higher than the amount of payments collected for the same period a year earlier.
According to the company’s website, premiums on CASCO amounted to 21.61% of the total volume, or UAH 67.47 mln, which is 26.8% higher than the corresponding figure for February 2023, on MTPL – 31.9%, or UAH 99.57 mln (+37.1%), on “Green Card” – 26.95%, or UAH 84.04 mln (+76.4%), on voluntary medical insurance – 10.2%, or UAH 31.7 mln (+97.6%).
At the same time, UAH 6,24 mln of payments have been collected under property insurance contracts, under other insurance contracts SG “TAS” has attracted UAH 23,14 mln during the reporting period.
IG “TAS” was registered in 1998. It is a universal company, offers more than 80 types of insurance products on various types of voluntary and compulsory insurance. It has an extensive regional network of 28 regional directorates and branches.