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WEBMD HEALTH NEWS |
Ukraine Update: More
Russian Strikes on
Health Targets
By Damian McNamara; MA
March 16,2022
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth week, the
World Health Organization reports that 43 hospitals, clinics, and
ambulances have been bombed inside the country thus far:
"We have never seen globally this rate of attacks on health care: Health
is
becoming =
target in these situations It's
becoming part ofthe
strategy and tactics of war;" said Michael Ryan, MD, executive director
of the WHO's Health Emergencies Program:
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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WHO's priority remains to support #healthworkers & the
health system in #Ukraine to provide care & meet immediate
health needs: So far; we've sent about 100 metric tonnes of
supplies 
incl: equipment_
& are
coordinating the deployment
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