Day by day, a story to better know the commitment of Doctors with Africa Cuamm in responding to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and Moldova. In the following weeks space will be given to multiple voices, protagonists of a journal that aims at witnessing small but concrete actions- not covered by mass media, that every day make a difference to many.
As fighting intensifies in the east, medical logistics becomes even more important to ensure adeguate and timely care in areas most affected by the conflict. Over the past year, with the support of AICS we have involved eleven healthcare facilities located in Dnipropetrovska and Donetska oblasts in medical logistics activities, reaching a target population of 30,400 people.
Three years on the outbreak of the Ukraine war, CUAMM’s commitment in Eastern Europe continues, from Ukraine to Moldova and Italy, to provide assistance to refugees and host communities and ensuring assistance to those who need it most.
IMAC hospital receives the first therapeutic hypothermia system to be installed in the Country and enforces its response capacity in newborns’ care.
When facilities have little means to properly assist their patients and the distance from general hospitals hinder the provision of timely care, trained and qualified personnel can make the difference.
Despite being traumatic events for all, the Ukraine war poses particular challenges to the elderly. From accessing adequate housing to self-isolation. CUAMM offers them medical assistance and psychological support through Health Mobile Units mobilized at accomodation centres.
The war in Ukraine left 18 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Food, essential hygiene supplies, and basic materials are being ensured by CUAMM to vulnerable groups to cope with the harsh winter.
In Moldova, 92 health workers from 7 second-level facilities have been trained to improve the quaity of neonatal care nationwide.
2-days of activities promoted by CUAMM to care for the mental and emotional health of vulnerable peorple including children and adults who experienced the trauma of the conflict..
Medical equipment and supplies stored in CUAMM’s warehouse in Kiev are ready to be dispatched within 72 hours to health facilities in need across Ukraine as part of AICS RISE project.
On occasion of World Refugee Day, CUAMM UK has participated in the organization of a “A day at the park”, the celebration organized and coordinated by UNHCR in the capital Chișinău.