Caught between the frontlines: the babushkas experiencing loss, mental trauma and an absence of medical care
December 4, 2022As the Russian army took control of towns and villages across Ukraine’s Kharkiv region in late February 2022, those unable or unwilling to leave their homes were mostly the elderly and people with disabilities. Caught up in the middle of...
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Data and patient accounts reveal “no mercy” for civilians in Ukraine war
June 22, 2022Medical data and accounts from patients evacuated on Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) medical referral train show that the war in Ukraine is being conducted with an outrageous lack of care to distinguish and protect civilians. Over 40 percent of the...
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Ukraine: “When the soldiers took over the clinic, I treated patients in my home”
June 5, 2022Between 25 February and early April, the town of Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, was the scene of brutal fighting, and for a time was under the control of Russian forces. As soon as it was relatively safe to...
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“I don’t feel heartache, it’s deep in my soul” – The mental health needs in Ukraine
June 3, 2022“I feel fear in my soul. My fingers and hands begin to get cold,” says Vira, an elderly woman who fled the Donetsk region and is now seeking shelter in Ivano-Frankivsk, in the southwest of the country. “I’m worried about...
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