Push for Health Sector Reform in Ukraine

Ukraine’s headline-grabbers usually center around macroeconomic stability, corruption, and the ongoing conflict in the East. For the last year, however, an important linchpin of reform – the health sector – has been the subject of intense new development and debate. Judyth Twigg, professor of political science at Virginia Commonwealth University, discusses recent health trends and health sector reform efforts in Ukraine.

Judyth Twigg is also a senior associate (non-resident) with CSIS. Her work focuses on issues of health, human capital, and health systems reform in Eurasia, as well as evaluations of human development and public sector management development assistance projects globally. Her most recent publications have analyzed health reform in post-Maidan Ukraine, with a specific focus on the response to its outbreak of polio in the summer of 2015.

Hosted by Steve Morrison. Produced by Cathryn Streifel. Edited by Ribka Gemilangsari.