The head of the Volyn Regional Council, Vasyl Dmytruk, met with representatives of the Ukrainian-Swiss Program "Improving Perinatal Services in Ukraine," namely with project manager Martin Rab, coordinator of the Swiss Bureau Oksana Novoseletska, and office head Andriy Solodarenko. During the meeting, they discussed the implementation in the region of the program of assistance to mothers in childbirth and newborns, which has been operating since 1997. During this time, regional healthcare institutions have been provided with special equipment, specialists and managers have been trained, and numerous educational events have been held. The next stage of the project's implementation will be the provision of assistance to mothers and infants at the local level, in feldsher-midwife stations through family doctors. Taking into account the results of the work of Volyn medical professionals, representatives of the Swiss side decided to choose Volyn for the continuation of the Program and are allocating two and a half million Swiss francs for these purposes.