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On 25 April 2023, the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) at Imperial College London hosted a Ukraine Health Summit, with support from the British Red Cross, to further efforts in supporting the delivery and restoration of health services in Ukraine, during and beyond the current armed conflict.
100 people from across healthcare, research, education and policy joined to explore opportunities for UK health organisations to work together with healthcare institutions in Ukraine and to describe areas of transformation within the restoration process for health care.
Agenda
The Ukraine Health Summit Agenda included keynote talks from representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, Member of the House of Lords, the Chairman of the Institute for Global Health Innovation, Lord Ara Darzi, and other health care influentials. In the morning, attendees participated in break out discussions focussing on healthcare delivery: Developing and maintaining expert staff in the field; The future for digital medical technology; Partnering with UK Hospitals.
The afternoon sessions looked to transformation and restoration, where participants discussed: Better care for children with complex long term health needs; Reimagining and rebuilding health systems and infrastructure in Ukraine; Recovery of conflict related mental health needs; A new model for medical education and training.
Sergii Dubrov, First Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine, and Oleksii Iaremenko, Head of the Project Office for the Restoration of the Health Care System of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, delivered a keynote speech from Ukraine.
Professor Hugh Brady, President of Imperial College London, gives welcome address
Natalie Pidmurniak, President of Ukrainian medical students‘ association, with Francis Ugwu, IGHI
A panel discussion with Roman Cregg President of the Ukrainian Medical Association in the UK; Natalie Roberts, Executive Director Médicins Sans Frontières and Mike Adamson, CEO British Red Cross.
This video below was created with support of Ukrainian medical students about the impact of the conflict on Ukraine on the country’s medical education system, to inform a breakout discussion ‘A new model for education and training’. Among others students from ONMedU and the First Vice-Rector of our University, Prof. Valeriia Marichereda expressed their vision of the problems that became the main topic of the forum.
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