26 years of good deeds: The Downside Up Foundation celebrates its birthday   CSO sector: 14.09.2023   The Downside Up Foundation was established in September 1997, providing psychological, educational and social support to families who have a child with Down Syndrome.   Having begun its work offering professional support for 18 Moscow families with young …

A digital archive of clinical imagery to be created in Kazakhstan   19.09.2023   According to Tengrinews.kz, Kazakhstan’s President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, recently met Rob Walton, CEO of GE Healthcare for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.   At the meeting, Walton outlined GE Healthcare’s plans to localise the production of ultrasound machines, to be followed …

World’s first ladies, gentlemen discuss mental health at Zelenska’s summit in Kyiv Published by Kyiv Independent by Daria Shulzhenko, September 7, 2023  (In this version the number of photos has been reduced, for brevity) Estonian First Lady Sirje Karis (L), Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska (C), and Lithuanian First Lady Diana Nausediene photographed during the …

7 September 2023   Within the framework of The Third Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen, a historic event took place. Ukraine hosted the Satellite Summit of Health Ministers, attended by 14 ministers from various countries. As part of the Summit, the ministers concluded a joint statement, remaining open to other signatories. “Our joint statement …

Published by WHO 6 September 2023  On 31 August, some 50 experts from Ukrainian governmental bodies gathered in Bukovel, a town in the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine. The goal? To ensure affordable health care, spare people living in the war-torn country from financial hardship, and make sure Ukraine stays the course on its march towards …

Amputees Run To Raise Money For Injured Children In Lviv Charity Race September 04, 2023  By RFE/RL EPA-EFE AFP Dozens of amputees took part in a charity half-marathon in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on September 3 to help raise money for children who have suffered traumatic injuries during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. …

Published by Hromadske, 20 August 2023  The Sentsov familyhromadske The Sentsov couple from Chernihiv has six children. The eldest sons, 14-year-old Sviatoslav and 8-year-old Vsevolod, are biological. The rest are adopted: 5-year-old Veronica and siblings Angelina, 9, and Nicole, 6. 6-year-old Lev is still living in a foster home. All foster children are diagnosed with …

Published by WHO 15 August 2023 “Due to the frequent illnesses my children experience, I had doubts about vaccinating them. But today, the doctor put my mind at ease, assuring me that this should not prevent them from getting vaccinated,” says Afsana Aliyeva, a parent who attended one of the outreach activities in Azerbaijan during …

Published by WHO 14 August 2023 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and WHO have joined forces to provide assistance to the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan in conducting a crucial drug-resistance survey. The survey aims to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) strains resistant to anti-TB drugs, including rifampicin, isoniazid, fluoroquinolones, bedaquiline …

From The Moscow Times A clinic in Berdsk, Novosibirsk region.Kirill Kukhmar / TASS Russia has reallocated healthcare spending from dozens of its regions to build and repair hospitals in the occupied territories of eastern Ukraine, the Vedomosti business daily reported Monday, citing a government decree. Sixty-one out of 85 Russian regions — including annexed Crimea …