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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 a target in these situations It's
becoming part ofthe
strategy
tactics of war;" said Michael Ryan; MD, executive director
of the WHO's Health Emergencies Program.
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