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Abstract:

This thesis sheds the light on the various aspects of Ukrainian medical tourism development, introduces it’s favorable aspects, points out the problems existing in this field and welcomes foreign partners for the future cooperation. The number of foreigners coming to Ukraine for medical treatment is growing year by year. The following services of Ukrainian medical tourism deserve world’s consideration: reproductive medicine, egg donation, surrogate maternity, cosmetic surgery, innovative ways of cancer treatment, bariatric surgery etc. The thesis shows the main field of work of Dnipropetrovsk Region Inbound Medical Tourism Association and provides brief information on Association work results and future perspectives. There are about 120 clinics that treat foreign patients in different regions of Ukraine. According to the statistics, 53 000 foreign patients visited Ukraine in 2017 in order to be treated, and this number have reached the mark of 65 000 in 2019. As you can see, medical tourism in Ukraine is being in progress year by year but it’s development rates can be better.

Biography:

Aleksandra Leonova is a Chairman of Dnipropetrovsk Region Inbound Medical Tourism Association. She has extensive experience in various fields, such as consulting, marketing, organizing conferences, exhibitions, trainings, courses, worked as Travel Agency Director, 10 years as HR Director. For the last 3 years, she has been working as a Medical Tourism Manager. A year ago, she established and headed Dnipropetrovsk Region Inbound Medical Tourism Association. Her goal is to develop medical tourism in her region, to show how high the level of medical and organizational services for the foreign patients can be in Dnipropetrovsk region and in the whole Ukraine.