Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine escalates, our teams are responding to a deepening humanitarian crisis.
Emotional support for health workers on Ukraine's front lines
April 23, 2024 — The constant bombardment of frontline areas in the east, south, and northeastern parts of Ukraine has taken a toll on the mental health of not only patients but health workers. Psychologists with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are holding sessions for staff at Trostianets Hospital in the Sumy region to help them cope with the horrors of the war.
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Our work in Ukraine
As full-scale war erupted in Ukraine, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) scaled up activities to meet the many health needs—supporting health facilities, running mobile clinics, and operating a specially designed medical train.
What's happening in Ukraine?
After eight years of low-intensity conflict in eastern Ukraine, Russian forces launched an all-out military assault in 2022, causing thousands of civilian casualties and extensive damage to energy and other key infrastructure, particularly in the country’s eastern regions. Many homes were destroyed and public services were severely disrupted, including health care, water and power supplies.
By the end of 2022, 6.5 million people were internally displaced within Ukraine, and about eight million had fled the country.
How we're helping in Ukraine
Before the war escalated, MSF’s regular programs in Ukraine included providing health care and mental health services to people affected by hostilities in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Based in Bakhmut and Mariupol, our teams ran mobile clinics and supplied facilities with drugs and equipment. We also offered lifesaving care for tuberculosis (TB) patients and supported the implementation of an innovative TB treatment regimen in Zhytomyr. OnFebruary 24, 2022, these regular programs were suspended and/or reoriented to meet emerging needs in Ukraine and nearby countries.
In the early days following the escalation of the war, hospitals were in crucial need of medical supplies. We established supply lines to health facilities and displaced people in Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, Mariupol, Donetsk region, Dnipro, and the capital city of Kyiv for the delivery of drugs, medical materials and other essential items.
How we're helping
90,800
outpatient consultations
13,600
individual mental health consultations
3,500
patients evacuated by medical train