On October 31 methodological seminar by "7 steps Forward" Program was held in Poltava. Event was organized by the eWHFP experts in cooperation with Poltava Oblast Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education n.a. Ostrogradskii / POIPPO under the support of UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education and Regional UNESCO Program on HIV prevention and education in health sphere.

The workshop being attended by 27 people – teachers of Health Basics and biology courses of Poltava schools, local centers and villages of the region – was conducted by Irina Kozak, methodologist on biology and health basics of POIPPO Department of natural and mathematical sciences.

Two expert group meetings as part of the USAID «Reproductive Health in Ukraine" Project implementation to develop the Concept and the draft of the new State Program "Reproductive Health of the Nation" until 2021 were held on November 2 and 14, 2016. Meetings were dedicated to finalizing of these two important documents as well as revising the list of tasks and activities within the Program necessary for its further financial calculation.

In particular, members of working group meetings had to:

• agree activities by major program areas for their further calculation;
• discuss and finally agree Program key indicators for the period until 2021;
• discuss details of Program management;
• discuss joint action plan to further advocate new Program prompt approval.

On September 6, 2016 WHFP conducted round table discussion on "Implementation Strategy of Cervical Cancer Primary Prevention & Screening Programs under the new State Program "Reproductive Health of the Nation" for the period of 2017-2021". Event was held by Charity Foundation within the USAID «Reproductive Health in Ukraine" Project implementation.

The purpose of the roundtable was to discuss current situation with cervical cancer prevention and screening in Ukraine as well as to develop recommendations to be included to the new RH State Program for 2017-2021.