The head of the regional council, Vasyl Dmytruk, met with representatives of the Ukrainian-Swiss Program "Improving Perinatal Services in Ukraine," in particular, with project manager Martin Rab, coordinator of the Swiss bureau Oksana Novoseletska, and office head Andriy Solodarenko.
The discussion concerned the implementation in the region of a program of assistance to mothers in childbirth and newborns that has been operating since 1997. During this time, regional healthcare institutions were provided with special equipment, training of specialists and managers took place, and many educational events were held. The next stage of the project's implementation is the delivery of assistance to mothers and infants at the local level, in feldsher-midwife stations through family doctors. Given the constructiveness of the regional council leadership and Volyn medics, the representatives of the Swiss side decided to choose our region for the continuation of the Program and are allocating two and a half million Swiss francs for these purposes.
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The head of the regional council, Vasyl Dmytruk (February 9), took part in a meeting of the Board of the Ukrainian Association of Local and Regional Authorities. In Kyiv, the discussion concerned draft Laws of Ukraine on amending the Constitution of Ukraine and the State Budget for this year. A number of organizational issues of the functioning of the Ukrainian Association of Local and Regional Authorities were also considered, in particular, preparations for the next congress, the plan for the first half of the year, and the newspaper "Volia - Rehion."
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The head of the regional council, Vasyl Dmytruk, signed an order on establishing personal scholarships of the head for People's Artists of Ukraine, leading creative workers, veterans, and pensioners of culture and arts. Approved were the Regulation and the composition of the committee for developing proposals regarding candidates for awarding personal scholarships, which was headed by the head of the regional department of culture, Volodymyr Lysiuk.
For this year, 25 personal scholarships of the head of the regional council have been established. People's Artists will receive 150 hryvnias each, while Honored Art Workers of Ukraine, Honored Artists, painters, cultural workers, masters of folk art, veterans, and pensioners of culture and arts will receive 100 hryvnias each.
Control over the implementation of this decision has been entrusted to the deputy head of the regional council, Vasyl Struk.
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Awarded with Certificates of Honor of the regional council: the director of the Lutsk Basic Medical College, Zinoviy Kryzhanivskyi; - the head of the clinical-diagnostic laboratory of the Ivanychi Central District Hospital, Antonina Khalimon; - the senior lecturer of the Volyn State School of Culture and Arts, Yuliy Bokovyi.