UKRAINE'S INTERNATIONAL LIABILITIES ON INITIATION OF MEASURES FOR PUBLIС HEALTH PROTECTION END THE ROLE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH CARE POLICY

Abstract

The article examines the international of Ukraine to implement measures to protect public health and the role of local governments in implementation of health policy. Emphasis is placed on Ukraine's implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals being a member of the UN, the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, and the commitment to develop cooperation in the field of health care undertaken by Ukraine, radical health care reform and decentralization reform in Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to determine the role of local governments in implementation of health policy in the context of decentralization reform and the second stage of health care reform in Ukraine, to identify shortcomings in Ukrainian legislation and the practice that lead to violations of regional communities residents' rights for health care and medical aid, as well as violations of the rights of medical personnel for labor. The object of the study is social relations that arise when the local authorities implement the health care policy. The methodological basis of the conducted research is the general methods of scientific cognitivism as well as concerning those used in legal science: formal logic, methods of analysis and synthesis, comparative law etc. The role of local governments on the implementation of health policy in the context of decentralization reform and the second stage of health care reform in Ukraine is defined: currently local governments are one of the key elements of the organizational and legal mechanism to ensure the rights of every resident for health care and medical aid.