Journalist contest “Changing Oneself May Change the World”

The EU-funded project “Support to the Secondary Healthcare Reform in Ukraine” together with the Ministry of Healthcare of Ukraine and the National Healthcare Prize is organizinga contest for journalists to cover issues dealing with further development of the healthcare system in Ukraine, including the recommendations from the Project itself.

Healthcare success depends on various indicators, including communicating innovations and their support to the public. The mass media play an important role in this process by informing the public of any processes during the healthcare reform and forming public opinion .

The contest facilitators aim at increasing awareness of the mass media of advanced development trends in the healthcare of Ukraine and other European countries, as well as at creating incentives for journalists to cover this issue.

The contest will be held from 1 August to 30 November 2009. The contest results will be announced in December 2009.

During the contest, journalists will be able to obtain detailed information, put questions of interest to all parties that influence the process of further healthcare system development, as well as get the unbiased expert opinion of healthcare professionals, above all on the role and place of a family doctor within the system of healthcare services, insurance medicine, healthcare development under existing law and regulations, as well as any other issues, in particular. A series of journalistic briefings is to be held during August 2009.

On the 28^th of October, 2009, the Jury decided to extend the timeframe of the contest: any material published or broadcast at national or regional TV or radio and on the Internet within the time frame from the 1^st of January till the 30^th of November, 2009, will be regarded as contesting material

For detailed information on the contest conditions, please contact us via the Project website www.eu-shc.com.ua or by phone: 38 (044) 288-0866(67). Please, also visit the website of the National prize in healthcare www.nmp.org.ua .

press release_3 08 2009 eng.doc

Jury of the contest.doc

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List of briefings_eng.doc

application form1.doc