On April 4, 2025, a scientific and practical conference «Healthy Start of Life – the Key to a Prosperous Future» was held

On April 4, 2025, on the occasion of the WORLD HEALTH DAY 2025, a scientific and practical conference with international participation, «Healthy Start of Life – the Key to a Prosperous Future,» was held at the Bogomolets National Medical University.

The conference was attended by speakers from various fields from the governmental, scientific and non-governmental sectors: Bogomolets National Medical University Rector Iurii KUCHYN with fellow scientists, Director General of the Public Health Center of Ukraine of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine Mykhailo ROSADA, Deputy Head of the State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drugs Control Volodymyr KOROLENKO, Acting Director of the State Institution «Marzieiev Institute for Public Health of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine» Igor SHKROBANETS.

The online discussion was joined by Serhiy UBOGOV, Head of the Department of Medical Personnel, Education and Science at the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, scientists from Poland and Moldova, and representatives of various scientific schools from many regions of Ukraine.

The main scientific areas of the conference were:

♣ Health of mothers and children;

♣ Accessibility and quality of health care services;

♣ Health promotion;

♣ Development of the public health system;

♣ International, intersectoral, and interdisciplinary cooperation in the field of public health;

♣ Modern challenges and threats to public health;

♣ Health care in emergencies and martial law;

♣ Strengthening and reforming health care systems;

♣ Areas of combating non-communicable and communicable diseases;

♣ Preventive strategies in health care;

♣ Socio-economic and environmental determinants of health;

♣ Electronic healthcare;

♣ Management in health care;

♣ Health care financing;

♣ Legal and ethical principles of health care.

The conference had fruitful discussions that will contribute to sound proposals and decision-making aimed at realizing the right of mothers and children to health, ensuring accessibility and quality of health care services, countering current epidemics, environmental, socio-economic, and military challenges, and threats, reducing health risks, promoting healthy lifestyles, and implementing cross-sectoral actions to preserve and promote public health.

Igor Shkrobanets, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Acting Director of the State Institution «Marzieiev Institute for Public Health of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine,» delivered a welcoming speech.

The State Institution «Marzieiev Institute for Public Health of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine» was represented by Svitlana Hozak, Doctor of Medical Sciences, who presented a report on «Mental Health of Children during the War: Risk Factors and Preventive Measures.»

Download the Program of the Conference (in Ukrainian)

(date of publication on the website 04.04.2025)