Result of initial health labour market analysis in Ukraine

Table of Contents

• Results of initial health labour market analysis in Ukraine 1
• Results of initial health labour market analysis in Ukraine 3
• Contents 5
• Acknowledgements 6
• Abbreviations 7
• Executive Summary 8
• Introduction 8
• Methodology and sources of data 9
• 1. How does the health workforce of Ukraine compare to that in the EU 11
• Main findings 11
• 2. What is the situation of health worker availability and distribution in Ukraine 13
• 3. Is Ukraine producing enough health workers 14
• 4. Is the PHC workforce in Ukraine adequate 14
• 5. How does the situation of the health workforce in regions directly affected by conflict compare with the rest of Ukraine 15
• 1. Health worker shortages 16
• 2. Declining trend in number of health workers deployed 16
• 3. Vacancies 16
• Key issues emerging from the HLMA 16
• 4. Issues in the production of health workers 17
• 5. Geographical maldistribution 17
• 6. Inadequate PHC workforce 17
• 7. Weak systems for data collection and analysis on HRH 18
• 8. Impact of the conflict on the health workforce in Ukraine 18
• 1. Strengthening the human resources information system 19
• 2. Aligning HRH strategies with PHC and other national health systems priorities and policies 19
• Recommendations 19
• 3. Optimizing existing occupations in the health workforce 20
• 4. Identifying and overcoming barriers to the public sector recruitment of available health workers 20
• 5. Comprehensive measures needed for improving retention in rural areas and frontline regions 20
• 6. Strengthening government financing for health worker education 21
• 7. Undertaking further dialogue and analysis to identify root causes of HRH gaps 21
• HLMA framework 27
• Sources of data 29
• 1. How does the health workforce of Ukraine compare to that in the EU 33
• 2. What is the situation of health workforce availability and distribution in Ukraine 42
• 3. Is Ukraine producing enough health workers 59
• 4. Does Ukraine have an adequate workforce for PHC 66
• 5 How does the situation of the health workforce in regions directly affected by conflict compare with rest of Ukraine 69
• 1. Health worker shortages 75
• 2. Declining trend in number of health workers deployed 75
• 3. Vacancies 76
• 4. Issues in the production of health workers 76
• 5. Geographical maldistribution 76
• 6. Inadequate PHC workforce 77
• 7. Weak systems for data collection and analysis on HRH 77
• 8. Impact of the conflict on the health workforce in Ukraine 78
• 1. Strengthening the human resources information system 81
• 2. Aligning HRH strategies with PHC and other national health systems priorities and policies 82
• 3. Optimizing existing occupations in the health workforce 82
• 4. Identifying and overcoming barriers to the public sector recruitment of available health workers 83
• 5. Comprehensive measures needed for improving retention in rural areas and frontline regions 83
• 6. Strengthening government financing for health worker education 83
• 7. Undertaking further dialogue and analysis to identify root causes of HRH gaps 84
• References 86