WASHINGTON, D.C. - YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND a USUBC meeting with Ulana Suprun, Acting Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine, in Kyiv.  The USUBC (www.USUBC.org) meeting with Ulana Suprun will be held at 3:45 p.m. on Monday, November 20, 2017, in the Conference Room at the offices of SigmaBleyzer, 6 Baseyna Street, Mandarin Plaza, 8th Floor, Kyiv, Ukraine, followed by a light reception.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted recently in the second reading the government bill on the state financial guarantees for the provision of healthcare services and medicines, taking into account the list of amendments.

Ulana Suprun will make a presentation about the implementation of healthcare reform in Ukraine from different prospectives including business related aspects. Her presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.  USUBC is very pleased to have an opportunity for its members to meet with Ulana Suprun in Kyiv.

LINK:  What Changes Will Draft Law No. 7117 ‘On Improvement of Accessibility and Quality of Health Care Services in Rural Areas’ Bring for Ukrainians?

http://mailchi.mp/e623eae594d6/what-changes-will-draft-law-no-7117-on-improvement-of-accessibility-and-quality-of-health-care-services-in-rural-areas-bring-for-ukrainians?e=679709f924

                                        

RSVP:  Registration is required for attendance at the USUBC meeting in Kyiv with the Acting Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine Ulana Suprun. Please send an e-mail to Morgan Williams, mwilliams@usubc.org. The meeting will be in English, followed by a light reception. USUBC expresses its appreciation to member SigmaBleyzer for hosting this event.

BIO – Ulana Suprun, Acting Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine -----

Ulana Suprun, M.D. a U.S. born physician, is the Acting Health Minister of Ukraine. She is a medical doctor, the director of Humanitarian Initiatives of the Ukrainian World Congress and founder of Patriot Defense. She was appointed the director of the School of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Ukrainian Catholic University in September 2015. Suprun became a freelance consultant for the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Health in September 2015. Ulana Suprun has been an active reformer and medical volunteer in Ukraine since the Revolution of Dignity.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman approached her about becoming the new Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine in early July 2016, while this nomination was publicly supported by President Petro Proshenko. On July 22, 2016 she was appointed by Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers. On July 27, 2016 Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers approved a resolution appointing Suprun as the acting Minister of Healthcare.  Since that time Ulana Suprun has been actively working on healthcare reform and promoting the new model of healthcare setup in Ukraine based on western models. 

INVITE:  ULANA SUPRUN, ACTING MINISTER OF HEALTHCARE OF UKRAINE 

3:45 p.m.., Monday, November 20, 2017, Roundtable Event sponsored by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)

Conference Room, SigmaBleyzer, 6 Baseyna Street, Mandarin Plaza, 8th Floor, Kyiv, Ukraine, followed by a light reception.
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DIRECTIONS TO KYIV OFFICES OF SIGMABLEYZER:  The SigmaBleyzer offices are in the Arena City/Mandarin Plaza complex across the street from the Bessarabsky Market. The entrance to the SigmaBleyzer offices is inside the open-air inner courtyard of the complex, NOT inside the Mandarin Plaza shopping center. There are several entrances to the inner courtyard of the Arena City/Mandarin Plaza complex. Please note that cars are not allowed inside the courtyard.

(1) IF DRIVING FROM TARAS SHEVCHENKO BOULEVARD/UNIVERSITY AREA, cross Khreshchatyk Street and enter through an arch with stairs and a ramp under a red Arena canopy next to the Pinchuk Art Centre across the street from Bessarabsky Market. If you missed this entrance, you can go from Baseyna Street through main entrance to the Mandarin Plaza shopping center after turning right onto Baseyna Street. Take elevators or escalators up one floor from the first floor and then go through a corridor between clothing stores; the entrance to the corridor is across the aisle from the elevators.

(2) IF DRIVING FROM LEO TOLSTOY SQUARE/OLYMPIC STADIUM AREA, go through the large entrance on the corner of Khreshchatyk Street and Skoropadsky Street between the Porsche dealership and the Nebo nightclub.

(3) IF DRIVING FROM LESY UKRAYINKA BOULEVARD/PECHERSK AREA, make a left on Skoropadskyy Street leaving the Arena City/Mandarin Plaza complex on your right, pass the entrance to the underground parking; enter through an arch past the Burger Restaurant (the steps go down first, and then up to the courtyard).

(4) IF WALKING FROM KHRESHCHATYK STREET, go into the shopping center under the intersection of Khreshchatyk Street and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard (where the Lenin statue used to be), there are glass doors with Arena sign on them, behind the doors are the stairs and an escalator from the shopping center to the inner courtyard.

WHEN INSIDE THE OPEN-AIR INNER COURTYARD and facing the entrance to the large white canopy which is a restaurant, bear right leaving the white canopy on your left. The top of the building has a large Mandarin Plaza sign in red on the top floor. You will see the double doors next to the Armani clothing store with the SigmaBleyzer sign on them (as well as a LG sign).

Enter through the double doors, go up a few steps to the two elevators which also have the SigmaBleyzer sign in between them, take an elevator to the 8th Floor.  In case you are still unclear as to the location of SigmaBleyzer’s office, call SigmaBleyzer office at +38 (044) 284-1290.

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NEWS: For the latest news about Ukraine go to the KYIV POST website: www.KyivPost.com.

The Kyiv Post of the ISTIL Group is a member of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC).  

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U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), www.USUBC.org  
1030 15th Street, N.W., Suite 555 W, Washington, D.C. 

Morgan Williams, mwilliams@usubc.org; Ludmyla Dudnyk, ldudnyk@usubc.org

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