Regulatory and Legal Support for the Implementation of State Policy in the Health Care of the Population of Ukraine

Today the current legislative tasks are to learn and study the features of international and regional health law with their subsequent adaptation and reflection in domestic regulatory documents. Analysis of scientific publications, regulatory legal acts in national health systems, international agreements and other documents related to the formation and development of the right to health is presented in the article. It shows that in all periods of the mankind existence, the attempts have been made to put the whole society in responsibility for the state of health care. The regulatory framework of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the International Labor Organization, the Council of Europe, the European Union and other organizations whose activities are devoted to human rights are of particular importance for the regulation of the right to health care. Today, the legal regulation of the healthcare system in Ukraine is ruled by the Constitution of Ukraine, the Fundamentals of Ukrainian Legislation on Healthcare, the Laws of Ukraine “On Ensuring Sanitary and Epidemic Well-being of the Population”, “On Protection of the Population from Infectious Diseases”, “On Prevention of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Social Protection of the Population”, “On Combating Tuberculosis”, “On Psychiatric Care”, “On Medicinal Products” and other legislative acts adopted in accordance with them. The prerequisite for the adoption of the relevant regulatory documents was the development of conceptual principles in two historically consecutive documents: National Strategy for Reforming the Healthcare System of Ukraine for the Period 2015–2020; Strategy for the Development of the Healthcare System until 2030. The Strategy for the Development of the Healthcare System until 2030 aims to improve and develop the healthcare system, particularly by ensuring the availability and rational use of effective and safe medicines of appropriate quality, as well as by ensuring access for the population of Ukraine to quality healthcare.