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WHO/Europe and the Government of Ukraine, represented by the Ministry of Health, have signed a Biennial Collaborative Agreement (BCA) for 2020–2021. Signed by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, and Maxym Stepanov, Minister of Health of Ukraine during a virtual ceremony, the agreement strengthens cooperation to improve the health of the Ukrainian population, and accelerate progress towards universal health coverage and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

12 November, Kyiv, Ukraine – UNHCR Ukraine carries out a social media campaign on 12-15 November to raise awareness about the issue of statelessness in Ukraine and to end it by 2024.

• On November 17, 2020, WHO in Ukraine together with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the World Bank will conduct an online presentation of the results of STEPS survey on prevalence of noncommunicable diseases risk factors in Ukraine.

• Kyiv, 17 November 2020 – Over one third of Ukrainians were tobacco smokers in 2019, according to the results of the first nationwide, large-scale STEPwise approach to surveillance (STEPS) survey on the main risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Ukraine. The data also demonstrate a large gender gap: 50.3% of men smoked compared to 16.7% of women.

• On 20 November 2020, the European Union together with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) provided the National Police of Ukraine (NPU) with nine patrol cars and nine police cars for domestic violence mobile response groups.