The Establishment of the Public Health System in the Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic as a Condition of National Security (Experience Acquired Before the War)

• Authors: Olha Skyba , Yurii Liannoi , Yuliia Tonkopei , Olha Lianna

Abstracts

EN

The authors have determined that the healthcare system is on the verge of collapse, as it is unable to meet the population’s growing needs for medical care. An analysis of demographic situation and health indices of the adult population in the north-eastern region of Ukraine (based on the example of the Sumy region) was carried out. The study confirms the number of deaths caused by COVID-19, the growth of new cases of coronavirus, and the excessive burden on primary care physicians and infectious disease specialists. It has been determined that the negative state of the domestic healthcare system is due to the shortcomings of public administration and organisation of this system in terms of COVID-19. One of the most important priorities of public policy should be to preserve and strengthen the health of the population, the development of intersectoral cooperation on the principle of ‘healthcare – in all state policies’, and the priority of the nation itself, i.e. the formation of healthy behaviour.

Keywords

EN

public health; healthcare system; COVID-19 pandemic; quarantine; lockdown; national security

• Publisher: University of Warsaw - Centre for European Regional and Local Studies (EUROREG) and Regional Studies Association - Polish Section
• Journal: Studia Regionalne i Lokalne
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 89
• Pages: 7-16

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Olha Skyba

• Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Department of Public Health and Biomedical Foundations of Physical Culture; Romenska 87 str. 40002, Sumy, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000234983960

author

Yurii Liannoi

• Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Department of Health, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation and Ergotherapy; Romenska 87 str. 40002, Sumy, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000234983960

author

Yuliia Tonkopei

• Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Department of Public Health and Biomedical Foundations of Physical Culture; Romenska 87 str. 40002, Sumy, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000290932180

author

Olha Lianna

• Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Department of Health, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation and Ergotherapy; Romenska 87 str. 40002, Sumy, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000244677166

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7366/1509499538901

Biblioteka Nauki

2143619