UKRAINIAN HEALTHCARE CENTER (UHC)

We are an independent think tank and educational center in healthcare policy and management, economics and financing, and health system transformation.

We advise
We advise state and local authorities, non-governmental organizations, and healthcare teams on system design, policy and model development, governance, economics, and management in healthcare.
We teach
We train healthcare managers in the following areas: healthcare systems, governance, healthcare financing, healthcare economics and management.
Exploring
We research, analyze and develop practical solutions to healthcare problems.

VISION

We see healthcare in Ukraine as a territory of dignity and security for every person and as a pillar of sustainable development and human capital restoration for the country.

MISSION

Our strength is our ideas.
We are not afraid to set the agenda.
We respond to complex problems with realistic solutions based on a true assessment of the facts.
Ideas work through people.
We equip leaders with quality analytics and education.
We do this in partnership with organizations and people who share our values.

VALUES

  • Dignity
  • Partnership
  • Progressiveness
  • Integrity
  • Courage
  • Justice

OUR FOCUS FOR 2025

This year, the Ukrainian Healthcare Center (UHC) will remain focused on our shared goal of building a sustainable and effective healthcare system in Ukraine by:

Promoting European integration

through the adoption of best European practices into the Ukrainian healthcare system.

Supporting Ukraine's regions

in establishing modern networks of healthcare facilities that meet population needs and comply with international standards.

Uniting the system

by integrating military and civilian networks into one efficient structure that ensures continuous, high-quality services.

Developing healthcare leaders and managers

through targeted educational projects.

Management team

Co-founder of UHC, Consultant to the WHO Bureau for Health Systems Strengthening (2019-2020), Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine (2016-2019).

Pavlo Kovtonyuk
Co-founder

Co-founder of UHC, Deputy Head of the National Health Service of Ukraine (2019-2020), Head of the Healthcare Financing Reform Implementation Office at the Ministry of Health (2017-2019).

Natalia Ryabtseva
Co-founder

Co-founder of UHC, Advisor to the Minister of Health of Ukraine (2018-2020), Advisor to the Head of the National Health Service of Ukraine (2020-2021).

Mathiy Khrenov
Co-founder

Co-founder and director of UHC, co-founder of the Tabletochki Charitable Foundation, Director General of the Directorate for Strategic Planning and European Integration of the Ministry of Health (2017-2019).

Iryna Nemyrovych
Co-founder, director

Operations Manager at UHC, Chief Economist at the State Enterprise “Medical Procurement of Ukraine” (2020-2023), Financial Director at the NGO “Ukrainian Students for Freedom”, Director at the accounting company “Intempo Group” (2020).

Yelyzaveta Mostova
Operations Manager
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Projects

The UHC team works in three key areas: health policy development and research, community capacity building, and health facility management training. Since our founding, we have been taking on projects that align with the team’s values and our strategic goals.

UHC is a team that uses the best international experience and its own expert vision to design healthcare reforms.

Our expertise is based on up-to-date scientific data and time-tested approaches, as well as on practical experience in implementing changes in Ukraine.

Read more about the implemented projects in the Center’s annual reports:

2024

In 2024, we focused on improving the healthcare system at every level, from national to local, supporting both systemic reforms and the professional growth of healthcare managers and medical professionals.

 

See the projects of 2024

2023

In 2023, the team focused on ideas and partnerships for the future of the Ukrainian healthcare system in the next 10-15 years.

See the projects of 2023

2022

2022 is the year of transformation.
We worked not only to improve Ukraine’s healthcare system.
An important project was documenting evidence of Russia’s war crimes against the Ukrainian healthcare system.

See the projects of 2022

2021

2021 is the year of the establishment and start of our independent work as a Ukrainian healthcare think tank.

See projects of 2021

Partners

MAP

Our experts have been involved in building the capacity of healthcare facilities, their management teams and medical professionals in more than 70 communities from all regions of Ukraine. We also work with teams from higher medical education institutions across the country.