Ukraine and Norway: institutional cooperation
Project
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The main goal of the collaboration is to strengthen The Public Health Center of Ukraine's capacity through strategic and technical twinning with a focus on infection control systems (IPC), health crisis preparedness and access to health data.
Summary
The collaboration aims to contribute to rebuilding of the health system in Ukraine in line with Government priorities and needs, as they emerge in policy documents and ongoing assessments. It builds on experience and technical expertise where Norway particularly excels, and the Norwegian partners have a comparative advantage.
Importantly, the new phase retains the core elements of the previous phase of the collaboration and relies to the maximum extent possible on existing administrative arrangements. At the same time, to reduce fragmentation and promote more efficient use of resources for administration of the project, the new phase envisions a more synergistic one-project approach among the implementing partners in Norway while ensuring that comparative strength of each organization is retained (e.g. NIPH working at national level on antimicrobial resistance, Sunnaas hospital collaborating with hospitals and a nursing college on physical rehabilitation).
The new phase of collaboration is in line with Ukraine’s National Recovery Plan priorities and the draft Health Care System Development Strategy 2030 (expected to be adopted in December 2023).
The specific objectives of the proposed collaboration are:
SO1: Capacity of national institutions to address key health priorities through better data and evidence is increased; and
SO2: High priority areas in war-torn Ukraine, mental health services and physical rehabilitation, are strengthened through in-service training and mentorship.
Project leader
Elina Dale, Global Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Project participants
Knut Nyfløt, Global Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Kåre Birger Hagen, Reviews and Health Technology Assessments, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Bjørn Gunnar Iversen, Infection Control and Preparedness, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Miriam Sare, Infection Control and Preparedness, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Ragnhild Dybdahl, Global Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Rigmor Berg, Reviews and Health Technology Assessments, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Steve Diaz French, Global Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Start
11.11.2019
End
31.12.2024
Status
Active
Project owner/ Project manager
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
