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The Ukrainian Observer: New Public Health for the New Ukraine

By David L. Nordstrom

public_health.jpgWhen I learned that the second largest nation of Europe had graduated the first class from its only school of public health, I wanted to see this school myself. Trained and experienced in medicine and public health, I wanted to observe the development of this new actor first-hand. Coincidentally the school had an opening for a visiting Fulbright Scholar from August through December 2006.In a bold new step, the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy School of Public Health enrolled its first students in 2004. The two-year master degree program is a “work in progress” that prepares students for professional positions in teaching, research, and consulting. The program is an official partner of the School of Public Health at University of Maastricht, Netherlands. [Read more →]

Tags: Medicine in Ukraine by Vitaliy Tretyakov
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The Ukrainian Observer: Could No-Till Farming Rebuild Ukraine’s Ag Sector?

By Glen Willard
Many people still think of Ukraine as the breadbasket of Europe or of the former USSR. And indeed, with a third of the world’s richest black soil (locally called chernozem), Ukraine was at the turn of the 20th century a world leader in agricultural production.True chernozem, according to the Columbia Encyclopedia, is black, but there are various gradations into gray and chestnut-brown soils. It forms in areas that have cold winters, hot summers and rapid evaporation of precipitation. Generally only tall grass is found native on chernozem. It has large quantities of nutrients, excellent structure, and good water-holding capacity, making it very suitable for agriculture. It is most widely distributed in Ukraine, where it forms a large part of the good agricultural soil. [Read more →]

Tags: Agrarian Sector by Vitaliy Tretyakov
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