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HIGHLIGHTS
- A four-day training of trainers on conducting the Self-Help Plus group stress management course was held in Kyiv. Twenty-eight participants attended the training as part of the National Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programme, an initiative launched by First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, with financial support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). Learn more about the Self- Help Plus course here.
Self-Help Plus has been shown to both reduce distress and prevent mental disorders [...]. it can help people to become more resilience and develop skills to manage stress and support each other through this unimaginable time. Jarno Habicth – WHO Representative
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The WHO team, together with Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine Dr Ihor Kuzin and partners from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), conducted a joint visit to western Ukraine (Lviv, Zakarpattya and Rivne oblasts) dedicated to the fight against poliomyelitis (polio). For more information, click here.
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WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Ukraine in the development of a national plan of action on sanitary and epidemiological well-being as the next step after the Joint External Evaluation. The evaluation, conducted in December 2021, provided a baseline assessment of 19 major technical areas under the International Health Regulations (IHR) and helped to identify stronger areas as well as areas in need of improvement. For more information, click here.