04.04.08
UN disclaims information provided by several mass media outlets
 4 April 2008. Kyiv, Ukraine. The United Nations Country Team in Ukraine is concerned by the recent incorrect statements in the media outlets concerning UN assessment of the health system in Ukraine.
“The experts of the UN agencies in Ukraine have not made statements and comments regarding the absence of the adequate health system in Ukraine”, stated Dr Igor Pokanevych, Head of WHO Country Office in Ukraine and Head of the UN Ukraine Theme Group on Health. “We urge the mass media to be more responsible in delivery of information and avoid speculative, incorrect headlines”, added Dr Pokanevych.
The media are invited to ask questions on the health system in Ukraine and get comments from the Head of WHO Country Office in Ukraine during the press-briefing organized at 11:30, 7 April 2008 at the National O.O.Bohomolets Medical University (34 Peremogy Pr. Morfologichniy (Central) Korpus, Room # 1).
More information and media accreditation: Veronika Vashchenko, UN Communications Officer, tel. +380 44 254 0035, +38.067.927.60.38, e-mail:
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* World Health Organization is the specialized agency of the United Nations with a primary responsibility for international health matters and public health. WHO has 192 Member States, including Ukraine. www.who.int.
* United Nations Country Team in Ukraine consists of 13 resident agencies, organisations and associated institutions including the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the World Health Organisation (WHO) as well as the World Bank (WB), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The United Nations office in Ukraine was opened in 1992. www.un.org.ua
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