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Ukraine has dispensed its first ever medical cannabis prescription. The milestone follows the 2024 legalisation law. Oil-based preparations are available by electronic prescription for chronic pain, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and other approved conditions.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Health reviewed Denmark’s child and adolescent mental health system during a study visit. The gap Ukraine faces is not clinical depth — it’s community-level delivery. And adolescent smoking rates tell part of that story.

From July 2026, 51 new cardiovascular and cerebrovascular medicines are set to join Ukraine’s Dostupni Liky reimbursement programme — covering heart failure, hypertension, arrhythmia, antiplatelet therapy, and lipid management. Cardiovascular disease causes 68% of deaths in Ukraine. This is what is actually being added.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Health has published over 5,400 internship vacancies on a new dedicated web portal, making state and municipal healthcare positions openly searchable for the first time.

Ukraine’s EU-backed ‘Ray of Hope’ solar initiative has scaled from 17 hospitals to over 250 facilities, delivering energy autonomy to frontline health services ahead of another winter.

A health education session in Irpin, framed within comprehensive sexuality education, brought HPV vaccination into the classroom — part of a national effort to close the awareness gap that still stands between Ukraine’s girls and a vaccine that could protect them.

A Cabinet of Ministers resolution adopted on 27 May 2026 strengthens the Ministry of Health’s role in reviewing procurement plans under Global Fund grants for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis programmes in Ukraine.