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The risk of an epidemic outbreak in southern Ukraine
Affiliations- Clinic of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
- Deputy Director for Medical Affairs, Regional Clinical Hospital, Kherson, Ukraine
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
- Department of Epidemiology and Tropical Medicine, Military Institute of Medicine – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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Abstract
The humanitarian crisis that followed the military aggression against Ukraine is getting worse. The war which has continued since February 2022 has already caused irreparable health damage in the local community, which is affected by such acts of Russian terror as the destruction of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River. As a result of the explosion and destruction of the dam, which occurred on 6 June 2023, over 2,500 square kilometres of land were flooded and around 17,000 residents had to be evacuated.
Abstract
The humanitarian crisis that followed the military aggression against Ukraine is getting worse. The war which has continued since February 2022 has already caused irreparable health damage in the local community, which is affected by such acts of Russian terror as the destruction of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River. As a result of the explosion and destruction of the dam, which occurred on 6 June 2023, over 2,500 square kilometres of land were flooded and around 17,000 residents had to be evacuated.
Keywords
Ukraine, war, humanitarian crisis, epidemiology
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The risk of an epidemic outbreak in southern Ukraine
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Short communication
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192-194
Published online
2023-09-26
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IMH 2023;74(3):192-194.
Keywords
Ukraine
war
humanitarian crisis
epidemiology
Authors
Małgorzata Marchelek-Myśliwiec
Jevhen Garan
Katarzyna Mańkowska
Krzysztof Korzeniewski
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