On 6 December, WHO, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU) are hosting the kick-off event for a joint 2-year project aiming to improve access to health-care services for refugees and displaced people from Ukraine. The kick-off event will bring together representatives from the 10 countries who make up the project and the 3 agencies. The event will provide an opportunity to discuss and coordinate tailored joint country work plans with national authorities.WHO and IOM partner with EU for better health-care access for refugees and displaced people from Ukraine Since the onset of the war in Ukraine on 24 February 2022, more than 5.9 million refugees from Ukraine have been displaced across Europe (as of November 2023). On 4 March 2022, the Council of the EU adopted the implementing decision introducing the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD). Since its adoption in 2001, this is the first time the TPD has been triggered. Under the TPD, refugees and people from Ukraine receive assistance, including health services.The 2-year collaboration project funded under the EU4Health Work Programme for 2023 will be conducted with full coordination and complementarity between WHO and IOM. It aims to support countries receiving refugees from Ukraine by strengthening their health systems. Many of their health systems have been under strain by the need to accommodate a substantial amount of extra patients due to the arrival of large numbers of refugees. The project will be implemented in 2023–2025 across 10 European countries: Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania and Slovakia.