Mobile pharmacy for southern Ukraine

More than 20,000 villages in Ukraine no longer have a local pharmacy: The Kherson and Odessa regions in particular are suffering from very poor infrastructure due to the armed conflicts and the floods in June 2023.

In addition, the war has led to significant price increases throughout the country, meaning that many Ukrainians can no longer afford the medicines they need. At the same time, however, the need for healthcare has increased, e.g. due to drinking water contamination in the wake of the Kakhovka explosion.

How does the mobile pharmacy work?

The mobile pharmacy team includes a pharmacist, a driver and an assistant. Four routes have been agreed with local authorities and other aid organizations to ensure that needs are covered as fully as possible; each of these routes is visited once a month. The target group is particularly chronically ill people.

Project description

  • Project Goal: Medication supply for patients in hard-to-reach areas of Ukraine
  • Project Focus: Basic healthcare
  • Target Group: Approximately 150-200 people per month: Residents of rural, frontline areas who have no access to medication due to destroyed infrastructure and/or lack of economic resources
  • Project Area: Primarily Kherson Oblast, and partly Mykolajiw Oblast and Odessa Oblast
  • Project Activities:
    • Mobile distribution of medication in rural areas: 1-2 mobile pharmacy tours per month
    • Taking orders and verifying them by pharmaceutical staff
    • Procurement of medications
    • Personalized packaging and distribution of ordered medications to patients
  • Project Duration: April 2024 – October 2024
  • Financial Volume: 30,000 Euros
  • Partner Organisation: United Help and Support Germany (UHSG) in Germany, Culture of Democracy in Ukraine
  • Project Number: 6100205

Your contact person

Max Hoßfeld
Programme Manager Ukraine-Response

Phone: +49 2156 9788-194

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