The Government of Ukraine aims to develop a robust health system providing high-quality, free services to all citizens and aligning with European Union standards. Key to this goal is strengthening the health workforce, which has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the invasion by the Russian Federation. WHO supported Ukraine’s Ministry of Health by conducting a Health Labour Market Analysis to address key policy questions on workforce development. The analysis presented by this report revealed a number of challenges including health worker shortages, geographic maldistribution, and an insufficient primary health care workforce. This report provides main recommendations on further steps for health workforce strengthening in Ukraine.
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- World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe . (2024). Result of initial health labour market analysis in Ukraine. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/379429 . License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
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- WHO/EURO:2024-10458-50230-76357 (print)
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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
