Ukraine’s resilience to crises: Strengthening the medical system and increasing the adaptability of the labor market

The COVID-19 pandemic has been the greatest resilience challenge across all countries in the past two years. The key issue for national governments has been to strike a balance between the measures countering the spread of the coronavirus disease and the negative socio-economic impact of lockdowns and other restrictions.

While the main objective of the restrictions was to reduce social contact between individuals, their sudden and rigid nature led to community lifestyle transformations and the way production and economic activities were organised, with consequences for education.

No country, however, has been able to avoid the burden on the health system through public policy instruments.

Limited resources in medical systems, a lack of approved treatments for the acute disease and a lack of effective medicines has resulted in a dramatic death toll with each new outbreak.

Worldwide vaccination against COVID-19, thanks to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Vaccination Plan, offers a chance to overcome the current pandemic, but will not protect humanity from a mass spread of other dangerous infections.