Post-Soviet countries share many similarities in health system structure and functioning. After the breakdown of the Soviet Union (SU) they experienced many problems related to the financing and management of the healthcare system and had to cope with the challenges posed by the country's collapse. Currently, these countries spend relatively little money on healthcare when a comparison is made with the European average, although they have a substantial burden of non-communicable as well as certain communicable diseases. Another problem is that public involvement in the development of health policies is insufficient and patient rights are not adequately protected The COVID-19 pandemic led to a healthcare crisis and revealed many drawbacks in the arrangement and provision of health services, which need to be presented and discussed.
To this date, little is known about the problems faced by healthcare systems of the former Soviet republics during and beyond the COVID-19 epoch. This is a rapidly transforming part of the world, which has its own peculiarities. The present research topic intends to provide a platform for the publication of diverse studies (original research, reviews, methods), encompassing a broad range of issues related to challenges faced by the post-Soviet countries in the transformation of their healthcare systems after the SU breakdown and the impact made by the COVID-19 pandemic. This will serve as a capacity-building activity to promote cooperation between initiatives in the field.
We are interested in themes related to challenges faced by healthcare services of the former Soviet countries during and beyond the COVID-19 epoch. These themes should not just point out problems in current policies in public health but identify similar situations, challenges, and problems to propose solutions in terms of capacity building or other improvements that need to be introduced or have already been made. The list of possible topics includes but is not limited to:
- The burden of non-communicable and communicable diseases;
- Availability of and accessibility to healthcare resources in general and during the COVID-19 outbreak;
- Health expenditure and related health outcomes;
- Forecasting public health scenarios for planning and provision of health services;
- Allocation and management of healthcare resources for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Post-Soviet countries share many similarities in health system structure and functioning. After the breakdown of the Soviet Union (SU) they experienced many problems related to the financing and management of the healthcare system and had to cope with the challenges posed by the country's collapse. Currently, these countries spend relatively little money on healthcare when a comparison is made with the European average, although they have a substantial burden of non-communicable as well as certain communicable diseases. Another problem is that public involvement in the development of health policies is insufficient and patient rights are not adequately protected The COVID-19 pandemic led to a healthcare crisis and revealed many drawbacks in the arrangement and provision of health services, which need to be presented and discussed.
To this date, little is known about the problems faced by healthcare systems of the former Soviet republics during and beyond the COVID-19 epoch. This is a rapidly transforming part of the world, which has its own peculiarities. The present research topic intends to provide a platform for the publication of diverse studies (original research, reviews, methods), encompassing a broad range of issues related to challenges faced by the post-Soviet countries in the transformation of their healthcare systems after the SU breakdown and the impact made by the COVID-19 pandemic. This will serve as a capacity-building activity to promote cooperation between initiatives in the field.
We are interested in themes related to challenges faced by healthcare services of the former Soviet countries during and beyond the COVID-19 epoch. These themes should not just point out problems in current policies in public health but identify similar situations, challenges, and problems to propose solutions in terms of capacity building or other improvements that need to be introduced or have already been made. The list of possible topics includes but is not limited to:
- The burden of non-communicable and communicable diseases;
- Availability of and accessibility to healthcare resources in general and during the COVID-19 outbreak;
- Health expenditure and related health outcomes;
- Forecasting public health scenarios for planning and provision of health services;
- Allocation and management of healthcare resources for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
