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U kraine L aunches P rocurement
of M edicines /M edical D evices
R eform
The Cabinet of Ministers approved
the reform’s Concept on August
23, 2017. The reform shall be
implemented by 2019 to bring
transparency, efficiency, best
international practices and fair
competition into the procurements
system.
The Concept introduces a new
approach to public procurement
of medicines and medical
devices through the independent
centralized procurement
organization, coordinated through
MoH. The organization shall take
over the public procurement
functions from MoH, regional
governments and public healthcare
institutions.
The Concept defines two
main stages of the reform
implementation:
1. Setting up of the organization,
creating regulatory framework
and internal policies/
procedures, selection and
training of the core team;
conducting pilot procurement
projects (2nd half of 2017);
2. Further development and
capacity building of the
organization in the areas
of e-infrastructure (using
a specialized electronic
procurement platform),
analytics, international
cooperation; conducting
selected regional procurement
projects (2018).
the centralized procurement
organization will procure medicines
and medical devices at the national
(replacing the current temporary
system of procurement through
international organizations), as well
as local level.
MoH is now developing a detailed
implementation step plan, to be
approved further by the Cabinet.
The need for the reform is caused
by ineffective and non-transparent
centralized procurement system
of MoH, as well as decentralized
system on the regional level, used in
the recent decades.
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When fully implemented,
HEALTHCARE NEWS
T he MOH to I nclude F ive N ew
D irectorates parties of this process,” acting Head
of the MOH Ulana Suprun stated. Minister upheld the resignation of
Ms. Sivak.
Within administrative reform, five
new directorates will be allocated
within the MOH. The structure of
the Ministry will be expanded by the
Directorate for Strategic Planning
and Eurointegration, Directorate
on Public Health, Directorate on
Medical Services, Pharmaceutical
Directorate, Directorate on Medical
Education, Human Resources and
Science. In Aug, Cabinet of Ministers of
Ukraine approved the range of
legislative acts aimed to launch the
next stage of reformation of the
state governance. “Healthcare system of Ukraine still
needs real changes,” Ms. Sivak
stated. “A lot of reformation phases
has already been implemented, part
of them is in process, some of them
were failed. I wish that all plans
were implemented”.
“Our team is very interested in
strengthening the Ministry and
will make any effort for operative
and detailed communication of all
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D eputy H ealth M inister S ivak
R esigned from the O ffice
Deputy Minister of Healthcare
Oksana Sivak reported she
would leave her position due to
“disagreements in the approaches
to teamwork and the loss of mutual
trust”. On 9/08/2017, the Cabinet of
Oksana Sivak was appointed at
the position of Deputy Minister in
Aug 2016 by acting Minister Ulana
Suprun. In the MOH Ms. Sivak
was responsible for the issues of
European integration. She aslo
oversaw the development of the
Public Health Center, as well as the
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