Operation of pharmacies in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernivtsi, and Lviv regions: accessibility, range of services, and features of mobile pharmacies
The research was conducted within the framework of the Foundation's activities as an implementing partner of the UN Refugee Agency in Ukraine, which aims to support internally displaced persons, the affected population and other vulnerable categories of citizens.
The views expressed in this study are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the UN Refugee Agency in Ukraine.
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Authors: Maryna Hrytsenko, Tetiana Borysovych
Coordinator: Iryna Korolchuk
Sociologist: Myroslava Koziupa
Design: Anna Genelyuk
The analytical report examines the problems of the functioning of pharmacy points in particular mobile pharmacy points, in the remote communities of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernivtsi and Lviv regions. The main task was to identify the main challenges and barriers that affect accessibility and recommendations to national regional and local authorities, international and Ukrainian humanitarian organizations, as well as donors on ways to improve access to pharmacy services.
The Rokada Charitable Foundation is an implementing partner of the UN Refugee Agency in Ukraine and has been operating for over 20 years. Until February 2022, the Foundation's team consisted of twenty people who helped refugees from more than forty countries to settle in Ukraine: Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, etc.
On February 24, 2022, everything changed: for Ukrainians, for refugees, for Rokada. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, based on 20 years of experience and support from international organizations, our Foundation has developed a network of regional offices in 14 regions of the country. Today, hundreds of specialists help the affected population, internally displaced persons and asylum seekers on a daily basis.
Coordinator: Iryna Korolchuk
Sociologist: Myroslava Koziupa
Design: Anna Genelyuk
The analytical report examines the problems of the functioning of pharmacy points in particular mobile pharmacy points, in the remote communities of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernivtsi and Lviv regions. The main task was to identify the main challenges and barriers that affect accessibility and recommendations to national regional and local authorities, international and Ukrainian humanitarian organizations, as well as donors on ways to improve access to pharmacy services.
The Rokada Charitable Foundation is an implementing partner of the UN Refugee Agency in Ukraine and has been operating for over 20 years. Until February 2022, the Foundation's team consisted of twenty people who helped refugees from more than forty countries to settle in Ukraine: Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, etc.
On February 24, 2022, everything changed: for Ukrainians, for refugees, for Rokada. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, based on 20 years of experience and support from international organizations, our Foundation has developed a network of regional offices in 14 regions of the country. Today, hundreds of specialists help the affected population, internally displaced persons and asylum seekers on a daily basis.