cover image: UKRAINE - Impact of the conflict on the healthcare system and spotlight on specific needs OVERVIEW

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UKRAINE - Impact of the conflict on the healthcare system and spotlight on specific needs OVERVIEW

22 Sep 2023

The Aim: this report looks at the impact of the conflict on the healthcare system and sheds destruction of health facilities, displacement of medical personnel, hampered availability and light on the situation for certain population groups with specific needs because of their accessibility of medicine, and limited transportation options to reach doctors have resulted gender, age, disability, or co. [...] While the need for mental health Key findings ..................................................................................................................................................2 and psychosocial support (MHPSS) was evaluated for each population group, the report does not tackle the significant impact of the conflict on the mental health of the Impact of the conflict on the healthca. [...] The increase was the highest in the central and western oblasts and in Ukraine has the second-highest burden of HIV in Europe, according to UNAIDS, with an Dnipropetrovsk oblast, all of which have received many IDPs (UHC 26/04/2023). [...] • Inability of the healthcare system to cope with the increased number of patients with • Access to MHPSS services for people with disabilities and their caregivers (EDF et disabilities and the types of traumatic injuries seen, both short- and long-term (ECHO al. [...] facilities and the inflow of IDPs in some oblasts has resulted in an estimated twofold The specificity of healthcare and the need for it to be coordinated at the national level increase in the number of people per hospital (Pandey et al.
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13
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Switzerland