EU Support to the Global Fund – World-Wide |
- The European Union, together with the EU members states, constitutes the largest block contributor to the Global Fund, bringing 55% of the USD 8.4 billion pledged to date
- The EU main financial commitment to the fight against HIV-AIDS in Ukraine therefore flows via the Global Fund program.
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TACIS Projects in the Health Sector in Ukraine – Summary Facts |
TACIS
Total number of projects in the Health sector in Ukraine: 7 | Total Commitments
(On-Going and Planned)
? 21,000,000 | The core focus of the TACIS program in the Health Sector has two main pillars: - Support to Health Sector Reform
- Support to the fight against HIV-AIDS
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Main EU Projects (TACIS) Providing Support
to the Health Sector Reform in Ukraine |
| Funding and Dates | Objectives | Components |
Preventive and Primary Health Care Ukraine, Kiev and Selected Regions
EuropeAid/112139/C/SV/UA | ? 3,500,000
(AP 2000) - 10/2002 to 12/2005 | The project assists the government to improve health care through the development of primary health care. | - establish –and test in 3 pilot regions -- a new model for primary health care provision - assess need for legal reform and formulate recommend-dations - improve capacity for better health outcome (targeting medical staff, health administration staff, patients) |
Health financing and management
EuropeAid/114465/C/SV/UA | ? 4,000,000
(AP 2001) - 12/2003 to 06/2006
| The project contributes to the development of an effective and efficient health care financing and management system in Ukraine by developing tools building capacity (purchaser-provider split, contracting, increased autonomy, improved information system) | - in depth costing and efficiency study of the health sector in Ukraine - development of a comprehensive legislative basis for improved health care financing in Ukraine - introduction in three selected pilot regions of a purchaser-provider split and improved management of health facilities via contracting and improved information system |
Support to the development of a System of medical Standards Project
EuropeAid/115173/C/SV/UA
| ? 2,500,000
(AP 2002) -- 09/2004 to 03/2007. | The project supports the government to set up a system of medical standards as a prerequisite for the introduction of health insurance | - to define basic packages of service for primary and secondary health care and test them in selected pilots - to develop medical standards for primary (10) and secondary (5) health care - to determine treatment costs for the proposed standards |
Support to Secondary Health Care Reform Project | ? 5,000,000
(AP 2004) – Planned for the period 06/2006, 06/2009 | To support the establish-ment of an effective, cost-efficient and equitable health care system in Ukraine by introducing systematic secondary health care reform | Detailed planning of project components and activities is under way |
Main EU Projects (TACIS) Providing Support to Fight HIV-AIDS in Ukraine |
HIV/STI Prevention among Uniformed Services in Ukraine | ? 2,500,000 (AP 2004) 11/2005 to 11/2007 | The overall objective of the program is to support the development of effective mechanisms for comprehensive HIV/STI measures in the uniformed services in Ukraine | - support the implementation of comprehensive educational programmes - to improve and promote HIV-STI diagnostic and treatment, including Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) - to increase capacity and to promote partnerships to enable coordinated and effective outreach to young recruits, uniformed personnel and their families. |
Strengthening Multi Sectoral Approaches towards HIV-AIDS Prevention among Youth in Ukraine | ? 2,000,000 (AP 2003) 04/04/2005 to 04/10/2007 | Strengthening multi sectoral approaches towards HIV-AIDS Prevention targeting young people, and implement comprehensive skills-based education programmes at national, regional and local level in order to reduce the spread of HIV in Ukraine | - increase stakeholders capacity in implementing health education programs
- development of a framework for monitoring and evaluation of health education programs - Enhancing a multi-sectoral strategic planning for promoting healthy life-style (HLS) and HIV-AIDS prevention |
Support to the Ukrainian Government in developing strategic, coordinated and integrated approach to combat the HIV-AIDS epidemic | ? 1,500,000 (AP 2005) – Planned for the period 09/2006 to 09/2008 | The main objective is to assist the Ukrainian Government in averting a wide-scale HIV epidemic among the general population | Support the Ukrainian government to implement a coordinated response to AIDS based on the “3 Ones” principles:
1. An AIDS framework that provides the basis for coordinating the work of all partners
2. a national AIDS coordinating authority with a broader multi-sector mandate 3. a solid monitoring and evaluation framework |
