According to available data, 21 million people, or one in two Ukrainians, have a health condition that could benefit from rehabilitation.
Before the war the war with Russia escalated in 2022, Ukraine was undergoing significant health sector reform, which included improving financing mechanisms for primary health care services and essential medicines, increasing pay for health professionals, and working toward digitizing the country’s health records system. The Ministry of Health of Ukraine was committed to implementing change, providing a crucial opportunity to ensure that rehabilitation and assistive technology (AT) were part of the broader health system reform.