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New master's course: Ukraine's healthcare system – history, reconstruction, and reform

The course examines how Ukraine is transforming its health system from the Soviet-era Semashko model toward a modern, European-aligned system – and how the health service has maintained delivery during a full-scale war.

Poster eleketivt emne om Ukrainas helsesystem.
New elective course for master students at the Institute of Health and Society on Ukraine's healthcare system. Click here to open poster. 

This autumn, the Institute offers the new master's course HMAN5101 – Ukraine's Healthcare System: History, Reconstruction, and Reform (10 ECTS, taught in English) for the first time.Teaching combines lectures, seminars and open guest lectures by Ukrainian experts, and is jointly taught by Geir Godager (UiO) and Maksym Obrizan (Kyiv School of Economics).

The course is open to students across five master's programmes: European Master in Health Economics and Management, Health Economics, Policy and Management, Folkehelsevitenskap og epidemiologi, the Experience-based Master in Health Administration, and International Community Health. The course is part of the knowledge project “Sustainable Reconstruction of Ukraine's Health Sector:A Norwegian-Ukrainian Knowledge Project”, funded by the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir). Read more on the course page. 

Published Aug. 6, 2026 11:28 AM - Last modified Aug. 19, 2026 9:09 AM