Ukraine has saved $37 million on buying drugs for the health service with an online program that compares the government's purchases to the prices listed by other suppliers, which are often lower. The program, called ProZorro, emerged from a Soros Foundation hackathon trying to find ways of tackling corruption. It has been so successful at saving money that President Poroshenko last year ordered its roll-out to cover all government purchases. The same hackathon also saw a similar project launched in Kyrgyzstan.

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