An injured person was transported in the city of Mykolaiv – Archyde.com
At least 3,000 people have died in Ukraine because they did not have access to medicines to treat chronic diseases, Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Europe, said on Tuesday.
Kluge added, at a regional meeting attended by representatives of 53 member states as well as senior colleagues from the World Health Organization, that the organization has so far documented about 200 attacks in Ukraine on health care facilities, and that the number of hospitals continuing to operate is very few. He explained in a speech that “40 percent of families have at least one member who needs treatment for a chronic disease that he can no longer find, causing at least 3,000 premature deaths that could have been avoided,” referring to diseases such as HIV. Acquired AIDS (AIDS) and cancer.
WHO officials said last week they were gathering evidence for an investigation into possible war crimes in attacks by Russia that the organization says it has documented.
During the meeting in Copenhagen, which is attended by many members of the World Health Organization online, members of the organization will discuss measures against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, including the possibility of closing a key regional office in Moscow.