BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inspiring Social Transformation - From Soviet Decay to a National Health Service for Ukraine - Dr Uliana Suprun (Acting Minister of Health C are of Ukraine) DTSTART:20190301T173000Z DTEND:20190301T190000Z UID:TALK119875@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:53971 DESCRIPTION:*Dr Ulana Suprun*\, the Minister of Health of Ukraine\, will d eliver the *17th Annual Cambridge Stasiuk Lecture in Contemporary Ukrainia n Studies* at the University of Cambridge on *Friday\, 1 March 2019*. The lecture entitled *_Inspiring Social Transformation - From Soviet Decay to a National Health Service for Ukraine_* will take place in the *Theatre of Peterhouse College*\, the oldest of the Cambridge colleges founded in 128 4. The lecture will start at *5.30pm*. It will be followed by a question a nd answer session and a wine reception.\n\nAlthough Ukraine gained indepen dence from the Soviet Union in 1991\, reform was characterized by legacy s ystem support and little was done to change social mores\, essentially let ting a wound fester\, leaving in place a mentality incongruous with the 21 st century. True societal changes began to take shape only after the Revol ution of Dignity in 2013-2014. The change underway in Ukraine's healthcare system is a metaphor for the transformation occurring in society as a who le. A new social contract between the government and the individual is bas ed on shared values\, the protection of the rights of all Ukrainians\, and adherence to the rule of law. \nDr Ulana Suprun was appointed Ukraine’s Minister of Health in July 2016. Since her appointment\, she has successf ully led an effort to reform and modernize Ukraine’s healthcare system\, culminating in passage of key reform legislation in October 2017. The ref orm is based on the principle of creating a single payer system with a bud getary funded national health insurance\, providing universal healthcare c overage\, and raising the quality of care to meet international standards. In Cambridge\, Minister Suprun will speak on her work reforming Ukraine ’s Healthcare System. \n\nDr Suprun was born in Detroit\, Michigan and w as awarded her MD from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 1989. She is a Board Certified Radiologist who worked in both private and academic settings\, eventually becoming the Vice Director of Medical I maging of Manhattan in New York\, NY and an Assistant Clinical Professor o f Pathology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, also in New Y ork. In November 2013\, Dr Suprun and her husband Marko moved to Kyiv\, wh ere during the events of Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity\, she worked as a volunteer physician to treat injured protestors. \nIn response to Russi a’s subsequent annexation of Crimea and initiation of war in Ukraine’s eastern regions\, in her capacity as Director of Humanitarian Initiatives of the Ukrainian World Congress\, she founded the NGO Patriot Defence\, a n organization that provides tactical medical training and distributed NAT O Standard Improved First Aid kits to more than 30\,000 soldiers and medic al personnel.\nIn 2015\, she founded and was appointed director of the Sch ool of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lvi v\, Ukraine and in July 2016 she was appointed Acting Minister of Health.\ n\nOne of Dr Suprun’s first acts as the Minister of Health was cancellin g the Soviet era “Decree 33” which allocated state funding for healthc are based on hospital beds and infrastructure rather than patient medical care. In addition\, the Ministry of Health implemented a successful nation al procurement program for pharmaceuticals and medical devices (adopted by parliament in 2015) through international organizations such as UNDP and Crown Agents\, which cut corruption and saved the state budget $50 million dollars. These savings were then used to procure more medicines.\nThe new healthcare reform law provides state insurance for all citizens and intro duces patient-family doctor contracts. The contracts ensure patients have a primary care provider\, and the state insurance pays the physician for h is/her services. The contracts introduce market mechanisms allowing doctor s to earn more money based on the number of patients they treat. These con tracts also eliminate corruption by removing the need for patients to pay bribes for treatment. To date\, more than 25 million Ukrainians have signe d up for the program since its inception in April 2018. Another key elemen t of the reform is the popular reimbursement program\, known as “Accessi ble Medicines”. This program provides medicines to patients with chronic diseases like asthma\, type II diabetes\, and cardiovascular diseases at no cost to the patient\, or with a minimal co-pay. The NHSU then reimburse s the pharmacy for the cost. So far more than 6000 pharmacies are particip ating in the program and around half a million prescriptions are filled ea ch month.\n\n*We are honoured to welcome Minister Suprun to Cambridge and invite you to join us for her lecture at the Theatre of Peterhouse College \, University of Cambridge\, 5.30pm\, 1 March 2019.\nThe event is free and open to the public\, but "online registration is required":https://www.ev entbrite.com/e/inspiring-social-transformation-from-soviet-decay-to-a-nati onal-health-service-for-ukraine-tickets-55857877415?ref=ecount.*\n\nInitia ted in 2003\, the "Annual Cambridge Stasiuk Lecture in Contemporary Ukrain ian Studies":http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/ukrainian/events/stasiuk-lecture at the University of Cambridge explores the internal dynamics and internation al implications of events in today's Ukraine and features the foremost exp erts in the fields of Ukrainian politics\, history\, and society. It is or ganised by "Cambridge Ukrainian Studies":http://www.cambridgeukrainianstud ies.org/\, an academic centre at the University of Cambridge. LOCATION:Peterhouse Theatre\, Peterhouse College END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR