Current project

Comprehensive healthcare, emergency medical services, psychosocial support and protection for war-affected populations in Ukraine through strengthening the local health system

Donor: German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO).

Co-funding: Aktion Deutschland Hilft (ADH).

Consortium partners: Johanniter, action medeor, Charitable Organization “100% LIFE”, ELEOS Ukraine, UK-Med, INTERSOS and Mission Kharkiv.

Implementation period: 1 July 2026 — 30 June 2028.

Geographical coverage of “100% LIFE” activities under the project: Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kyiv and Poltava regions. Selected activities aimed at strengthening emergency medical services, providing training and supporting healthcare workers’ mental health are implemented nationwide.

Project objective

To improve access to healthcare, psychosocial support and protection services for people affected by war by strengthening the local health system and supporting professionals who provide care every day.

The project combines direct support for individuals and communities with the provision of supplies and equipment to healthcare facilities, the development of healthcare workers’ professional skills and improvements to emergency medical services.

Key areas of work of “100% LIFE”

  • Supporting healthcare facilities. Providing rural health posts and other healthcare facilities in rural, frontline and neighbouring areas with medical equipment, consumables, hygiene products and disinfectants. Training staff in infection prevention and control.
  • Providing medical care and psychosocial support. Delivering integrated primary healthcare and psychosocial support services through a mobile medical team.
  • Providing care at 100% LIFE clinics in the field of sexual and reproductive health, including for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
  • Strengthening emergency medical services. Developing and implementing standardised dispatch protocols and training dispatchers nationwide.
  • Supporting healthcare workers’ mental health. Providing online and telephone psychological consultations for emergency medical personnel and self-care training for healthcare workers, paramedics and first responders. Conducting burnout prevention sessions for primary healthcare workers.
  • Protecting people in vulnerable situations. Training healthcare workers and local service providers on protection risks and people’s needs in emergencies.

Who the project supports

People and communities affected by war who have limited access to medical and psychosocial services, as well as primary and emergency healthcare workers, paramedics, dispatchers and first responders.