{"id":51111,"date":"2022-04-07T13:44:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T11:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/?p=51111"},"modified":"2022-04-07T15:40:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:40:23","slug":"who-91-attacks-on-health-facilities-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/who-91-attacks-on-health-facilities-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO: 91 attacks on health facilities in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"
The World Health Organization (WHO) has verified 91 attacks on health facilities in Ukraine since the invasion of Russia. <\/strong><\/p>\n Dr Hans Kluge, the European director of WHO told a press conference today that \u00a0routine immunization coverage for polio and measles is below the threshold for population immunity, 50% of Ukraine\u2019s pharmacies are presumed closed and 1000 health facilities are in proximity to conflict areas or in changed areas of control. Roughly 80,000 babies will be born over the next 3 months with insufficient pre-and post-natal care available due to the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n \u201cI am speaking to you today from the city of L\u2019viv in Western Ukraine, from where WHO is coordinating its activities within the country. \u00a0As a doctor myself, I am here in Ukraine to stand in solidarity with the health care workers in the country,\u201d dr Hans Kluge said.\u00a0 \u201cI speak on behalf of the entire WHO family when I say that it is my deepest wish that this war comes to an end swiftly, without further loss of life. Tragically, this is not the reality we see.\u201d<\/p>\n Today is World Health Day, the day on which the World Health Organization was founded 74 years ago in the aftermath of the Second World War, to uphold the principle that health is a human right, and all people should enjoy the highest standard of health.<\/p>\n \u201cOn this World Health Day, I reiterate WHO\u2019s determination to provide health for all \u2013 wherever they are across the 53 countries of Europe and Central Asia. We seek to ensure that everyone, in whatever circumstances, will not be deprived of the medicines, treatment and care they may need.\u201d<\/p>\n WHO has delivered over 185 tonnes of medical supplies to the hardest hit areas on the country, reaching half-a-million people with materials to support trauma, surgery and primary health care.<\/p>\n A further 125 tonnes of essential items are also on their way. Assistive products \u2013 wheelchairs, other mobility aids, communication aids for the blind, are in transit, and will be distributed across Ukraine soon.<\/p>\n World Health Day is being celebrated today to mark the foundation of the World Health Organization on April 7, 1948. Every year, a theme is chosen for the day, and this time, it is “Our Planet, Our Health”.<\/p>\nKluge visits Ukraine<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Our Planet Our Health<\/strong><\/h3>\n