USIF-VIII

‘Promotion of Social Infrastructure Development - USIF.VIII’ Project

Objectives: strengthening primary and secondary health care institutions’ capacities to counteract COVID-19 and pandemic consequences through energy-efficient renovation of their premises, supply of medical equipment and trainings for medical staff, heads of medical institutions as well as officials responsible for the health care sphere in partner communities and health care managers at the regional level

Donor: German Government through KfW

Implementation period: 01.07.2021 – 30.06.2026

The grant funds amount: EUR 13 560 600,00

9 medical institutions (subprojects/SPs) are in the Project restoration (implementation) list.

As of the end of the 1st quarter of 2026, the situation with SPs implementation is as follows:

Outpatient clinic of Slobozhanske village primary health care center (PHCC), Dnipropetrovsk region	Defined general construction works and shelter arrangement works were completed in 2024. The warranty period for the performed works expired in 2025. SP implementation is accomplished.
Kryvyy Rih city hospital No. 2, Dnipropetrovsk region	Defined general construction works and shelter arrangement works were completed in 2023-2024. The warranty period for the performed works expired in 2025. SP implementation is accomplished.
Kryvyy Rih infectious diseases hospital No. 1, Dnipropetrovsk region	Defined general construction works and shelter arrangement works were completed in 2024. The warranty period for the performed works expired in 2025. SP implementation is accomplished.
Outpatient clinic No. 7 of the PHCC No. 3 in Kamianske town, Dnipropetrovsk region	Defined construction works were completed in 2025. The warranty period for the performed works expired in March 2026. SP implementation is accomplished.
Slobozhanske Central Hospital, Dnipropetrovsk region	Defined construction works were completed in 2025. The warranty period is ongoing.
Berestyn (Krasnohrad) central district hospital, Kharkiv region	Defined construction works were completed in 2025. The warranty period is ongoing.
Slobozhanske hospital, Chuhuiv district, Kharkiv region	Defined general construction works and shelter arrangement works were completed in 2025. The warranty period is ongoing.
Borodyanka central hospital, Kyiv region	Defined construction works are being performed
Outpatient clinic No. 12 of the PHCC No. 6, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region	Defined construction works are being performed

The listed above institutions were provided with medical and other equipment, medical furniture, etc. for an amount exceeding EUR 2.66 mln. A modern rehabilitation complex designed to restore the functioning of the patients' motor apparatus and equipment for treatment and monitoring of vital functions for patients with Covid-19 worth more, than EUR 990 thousand, was purchased with the use of the Project funds and handed over to the First Lviv Medical Association in 2022 in addition.

Implementation of the training program for the Project focus groups (healthcare managers, heads of medical institutions, specialized doctors, family doctors, nurses, service managers and registrars) was successfully finalized in March 2025. 95 persons from the Project focus groups participated in the Program activities in total. Relevant surveys, made during and after the trainings, showed a high level of satisfaction of its participants with all aspects of trainings, including professionalism of trainers, informativeness of trainings materials, high content relevance, clarity and practicality of information, mentoring support, organizational aspects.

In order to ensure compliance with environmental and social regulations by all involved parties, Environmental and Social Management Framework for the Project as well as Operation and Maintenance Concept for renovated objects and a viability plan pattern as an appendix to the Concept were developed and approved.

Based on the aforementioned Framework requirements, environmental and social management plans, stakeholder engagement plans, and grievance mechanisms were elaborated for all SPs. For the facilities of those SPs where asbestos-containing materials (ACM) were detected, asbestos management plans were additionally developed and implemented. In accordance with those plans, ACM were removed from the relevant objects, transported and disposed of by specialized companies.