The Ukraine Recovery Conference, taking place in Rome this week, will see the international community pledge to increase financing for Ukraine’s wartime reconstruction. Ukraine is moving quickly to implement a more strategic, coordinated approach to recovery. The country’s health system can be a major beneficiary of this.
After more than 2,500 attacks on Ukraine’s medical facilities since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, health care remains a priority for enhanced support. The cost of meeting recovery needs in this sector is estimated at $19.4 billion — and with escalating attacks on civilian infrastructure in recent months that figure is likely to rise.
International support can ensure that damaged facilities are repaired and that some of those destroyed are rebuilt. But merely restoring what has been lost is not where the real opportunity lies.