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Memorandum of Cooperation

USAID Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity and NGO Barrier-Free, the Executive Partner of the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Program Initiated by First Lady Olena Zelenska, Signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. The signing of the memorandum is yet another confirmation of both sides’ readiness to continue cooperation both during the war and Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction …

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We are establishing cooperation on the implementation of psychosocial support services in the regions of Ukraine

On August 30, the Mental Health Coordination Center of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine held a seminar on regional coordination within the framework of the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Program initiated by First Lady Olena Zelenska. Mental health coordinators from the USAID Public Health System Recovery and Resilience activity participated in the workshop. The seminar …

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Presentation of the Model of a Mental Health Recovery Center for War Victims

Earlier this week, the NGO Resource Center “Lisova Polyana” presented the Model of a Mental Health Recovery Center for War Victims based on the experience of the Center for Mental Health and Rehabilitation of Veterans “Lisova Polyana” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. The event was opened by Ksenia Voznitsyna, Director of the Lisova …

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IAS 2023

The 12th IAS Conference on HIV Science took place in Brisbane, Australia, and virtually from 23 to 26 July 2023. The 12th IAS Conference on HIV Science, organized by the International AIDS Society (IAS), is the world’s most influential meeting on HIV research and its applications. This biennial conference presents the critical advances in basic, clinical …

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40 Ukrainian specialists completed training under the CETA program

Training for two groups of 20 specialists from Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Odessa, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, and Chernihiv regions was held in Kyiv from May 29 to June 9, and July 3 to 14, 2023. Providers of psychosocial services from focal communities and partner organizations of the USAID project “Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity” …

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CETA Training: Expanding Access to Mental Health Services at the Community Level

On May 29, within the framework of the USAID «Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity» project, we began training mental health service providers from focal communities and partner organizations on the CETA program (The Common Elements Treatment Approach). During a ten-day intensive training with trainers from the Mental Health Center of the National University …

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We are introducing community representatives to a program for psychological support of people traumatized by war

During May – Mental Health Awareness Month – as part of the USAID «Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity» project, we are conducting seminars for educators, representatives of the social sphere, health care, and public organizations, where we introduce participants to the “Healing Mind and Body” program (CMBM), aimed at working with the psychological …

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In Kyiv, a meeting of the project team «Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity» took place

This week, the USAID project team «Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity» summed up the first results of its activities and discussed future plans at a two-day meeting in Kyiv. In particular, they planned further steps to expand access to mental health services and implement psychosocial support programs – this project component, in collaboration …

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Children and War: Teaching Healing Techniques

Together with the specialists of the “Family Circle” Health and Development Center, we conducted a three-day online training for teachers, social workers and psychologists working in the education system, under the program “Children and War: Teaching Healing Techniques”. The program was developed by the international organization CHILDREN AND WAR FOUNDATION to provide psychological assistance to …

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