36 hours aboard MSF’s medical train in Ukraine
A glimpse inside MSF’s medical train as it evacuates patients from a hospital hit by shelling near the front lines of Kherson.
A glimpse inside MSF’s medical train as it evacuates patients from a hospital hit by shelling near the front lines of Kherson.
Russia’s war has had a devastating impact on healthcare provision in Ukraine. WHO has recorded more than 1,100 attacks on its healthcare system since the invasion began on 24 February 2022, and more than one in 10 Ukrainian hospitals have been directly damaged by the war.
Ukrainian-Israeli nonprofit FRIDA, with support from Direct Relief, is bringing specialty care through volunteer physicians to vulnerable patients in Ukraine.
For two decades, the UK-based Better Lives Foundation has run a free hospital in rural Sierra Leone, training local staff, expanding into maternal care and dentistry, and treating thousands of patients each year, at no cost to those who walk through its doors.
Across Gaza, Yemen, South Sudan and Ukraine, International Medical Corps is providing cutting-edge technology, training and lifesaving interventions to keep mothers and newborns safe.