The Global Action Plan in Ukraine: coming together for healthy lives and well-being (2020)

The following five key recommendations were made:

• To align priority actions of all sector stakeholders: there is a need to align national SDG targets and indicators with the global SDGs while ensuring that actions of national and international partners are coordinated and contribute to the priorities of the national health system transformation agenda.
• To increase fiscal space for sustainable health financing: securing the legislated 5% of GDP for health financing is an investment that can provide societal and economic returns well beyond the principle investment and can help to bridge the policy–planning–budget gap for the achievement of the SDGs.
• To expand disaggregated health data systems: a focus on relevant, timely and accurate data should drive considerations for the expansion of data sources and how they can be structured to enhance health equity.
• To improve access to quality health services: access needs to be improved for preventive and curative health services, while ensuring protection of vulnerable populations.
• To support the development of a resilient health workforce: efforts must be intensified to train, recruit and retain knowledgeable health workers and to provide them with access to opportunities to enhance the competencies needed for their positions.