The project, initiated by USAID Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS), aimed to provide recommendations on how to establish and operate an Essential Medicine List (EML) in Ukraine.  The methodology included desk research on scientific publications and grey literature sources on EMLs and HTA in Ukraine, review of legislation materials, guidelines, draft processes etc., and conducting multi-stakeholder face-to-face interviews with representatives of various stakeholder groups including patient, government and pharmaceutical industry representatives and HTA experts. Key final outputs were a 7-day HTA training, a 4-day SOP training for the professional staff, and the development of SOPs and a detailed Handbook of Operations for the EML Committee and Secretariat to be established. 

SRI was the sole scientific partner of USAID involved in the project.