This document is the third iteration of the Flash Appeal for Ukraine, which was originally published on 1 March 2022 and revised once in mid-April. This updated Flash Appeal covers the period of 10 months following the onset of the war in Ukraine that started on 24 February 2022 (i.e., from March to... December 2022). The financial requirement of this Flash Appeal reflects the humanitarian needs from March until the end of 2022, taking into account the funding status and the response achievements to date, as well as the realistic projection of response capacity in the second half of the year.
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After a decade of crisis, Syria remains one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises. Continued hostilities, new and protracted displacement, increased returns and the sustained destruction of communities have impacted Syrians’ lives and futures in a devastating way. The 2021 Humanitarian... Needs Overview (HNO) identified that 13.4 million people, more than half of country’s pre-crisis population, need humanitarian support. Of this figure, 12.4 million require health care.
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Consultancy Report May 2022
Saving lives is the priority of WHO’s response in Ukraine. WHO works to ensure time-critical, lifesaving multisectoral assistance, non-discriminatory access to emergency and essential health services and priority prevention programmes, and laying the foundation for longer-term health systems recov...ery and strengthening.
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As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the people of Ukraine, especially the most vulnerable, are paying an enormous price. Lives and livelihoods are being lost, with more than ten million people forced from their homes— and their country—in search of safety. The war has unleashed catast...rophic damage to the country’s economy and threatens lasting increases in poverty and societal upheaval. The scale of the war and the devastation it has caused have jeopardized Ukraine’s hard-fought development gains, through destruction of production and property, disruption of trade, diminished investment due to amplified uncertainty, and erosion of human capita
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The health sector In Ukraine is beginning to change in recent years. The sector, based on a system of health care (Semashko) originating from the Soviet Union, had been stagnant for many years. Remarkably little had changed since Independence and the health care system is as of today still character...ized by a very hierarchical and territorial system with large numbers of beds in institutional care settings. At the same time the Government of Ukraine has only limited resources available that are spread thin over the existing infrastructure
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The Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst food insecurity situations in decades. It is estimated
that more than 37 million people are in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)1 phase 3 or above and approximately 7 million children under the age of five are acutely mal...nourished in the region. While finding food and safe water is the absolute priority, the health response is essential to avert preventable disease and death.
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Report by the Director-General 22 May 2022
On 16 March 2022, shortly after 10am, a Russian air strike destroyed the Donetsk Regional Academic Drama Theatre in Mariupol, Ukraine. At the time of the attack, hundreds of civilians were in and around the theatre; many were killed. The theatre was clearly recognizable as a civilian object, perhaps... more so than any other location in the city. The evidence Amnesty International has gathered demonstrates that the attack was a war crime.
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pinga hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht psychologische Beratung einfach verfügbar und erschwinglich für alle zu gestalten.
Nach deiner Registrierung erhältst du Zugang zu einem Chat mit einer Psycholog*in (textbasierte Beratung). Dieser Chat bietet dir einen geschützten Raum, um dich zu deinen T...hemen und Problemen beraten zu lassen.
Alle pinga-Nutzer*innen haben einen sicheren, privaten Bereich für textbasierte Beratung mit dem*der persönlichen Psycholog*in.Dein Konto ist rund um die Uhr verfügbar, so dass du deinem*er Psycholog*in jederzeit Textnachrichten schicken kannst - egal, ob du gerade pendelst, im Büro bist oder im Bett liegst. Dein*e Psycholog*in wird deine Nachrichten sehen und dir bald antworten. Die Kommunikation in pinga ist geschützt, anonym und verschlüsselt.
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Worldwide, more people are on the move now than ever before, yet many refugees and migrants face poorer health outcomes than the host populations. Addressing their health needs is, therefore, a global health priority and integral to the principle of the right to health for all. The key is to strengt...hen and maintain health systems by ensuring that they are refugee- and migrant-sensitive and inclusive.
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The war is having a devastating impact on health and human capital in Ukraine and is expected to affect generations to come. The most obvious effects on health are immediate: an estimated 4,339 conflict-related deaths and 5,246 people injured. Less visible is the illness caused, and exacerbated, by ...people not being able to access care for acute and chronic conditions.
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Вторгнення спричинило нову кризу в системі охорони здоров'я в Україні, саме в той момент коли країна продовжувала боротьбу з COVID-19. Пандемія завдала значного удару ...країні, потенційно спровокувавши в країні 200 000 смертей з її початку до кінця 2021 року,2 оскільки країна також зіткнулася з високим рівнем неприйняття вакцинації.
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This brief presents the prospects for sustaining enrollment of Ukrainian students in educational services and addressing accumulating learning losses.
Displacement of Students and Educators. The war in Ukraine has resulted in more than 6
million Ukrainians fleeing to neighboring countries. This in...cludes nearly 665,000 students (16% of total number of enrolled students) and over 25,000 educators (6% of total educators in the country).
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У цьому короткому огляді представлені перспективи збереження рівня охоплення українських учнів і студентів освітніми послугами та вирішення проблеми накопиченн...я прогалин у навчанні.
Переміщення учнів й студентів та викладачів. Внаслідок війни в Україні понад 6 мільйонів українців були змушені тікати до сусідніх країн. Серед них майже 665 000 студентів (16% від загального числа
зареєстрованих учнів і студентів) і більше 25 000 викладачів (6% від загального числа викладачів в країні).
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The Ukrainian refugee crisis has received prompt attention not only from concerned citizens outside Ukraine and the United Nations agencies but also from the European Commission (EC). For the first time, the Temporary Protection Directive 2001/55/EC was activated, enabling immediate access to health...care for Ukrainian citizens fleeing their country.
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This technical note provides tailored advice on further adjustments in health financing policy in the context of war based on principles of universal health coverage, solidarity and equity.
It summarizes international evidence and accounts for specific features of health financing reform in Ukraine....
The primary focus will be on short-term adjustments and to a lesser extent on medium-term measures.
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World Report on the risk of cholera outbreak in Syria due to deteriorated drinking water systems as side effect of war.
Published:September 24, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01836-0
The war in Ukraine has had devasting impact on women and girls
worldwide, widening gender gaps and increasing rates of food insecurity, malnutrition and energy poverty. This brief reviews the available evidence of that impact, recommending urgent attention to its consequences for women and girls. I...ts findings underline the global impacts on gender equality and women’s rights that have been compounded by climate change, environmental degradation and the COVID-19 pandemic,
demonstrating further entrenched inequalities and human rights violations.
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Update by the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, at the 51st session of the Human Rights Council
