Improving Access to Healthcare for Conflict-Affected Populations

Médicos del Mundo (MdM) offers emergency and sustainable healthcare solutions to vulnerable people in need of humanitarian assistance. After the onset of the Ukrainian conflict in 2014, MdM implemented Cash Transfer Programs (CTPs) to improve access to healthcare for conflict-affected populations in Eastern Ukraine. MdM engaged a Capstone team to investigate the feasibility of cash transfers in the Ukrainian context and to explore the possibility of incorporating other successful CTPs into current MdM operations in Eastern Ukraine. The team completed a literature review and conducted a field assessment and interviews with key stakeholders in Ukraine, including beneficiaries, donors, state healthcare representatives, and personnel of humanitarian organizations. The team synthesized its findings into a final report, which provides recommendations for using CTPs to improve access to healthcare in the conflict regions of Eastern Ukraine.