The war in Ukraine has been one of the most horrendous of the past two decades. The infrastructure in the eastern regions of the country has been largely destroyed, with thousands of people living in damaged homes with minimal access to essential healthcare.
It is an extremely complex region to operate in, but over the course of this year we have been working towards setting up clinical services in the grey zones of the east and southeast.
Our team, lead by our new country director Sharon Harris, have spent much of the year in the east of the country and are currently focusing on two health areas:
Dental clinics
With prolonged periods of instability, lack of access to dental care significantly affects the health of communities. Dental is typically a neglected area in virtually all humanitarian interventions.
Our team were approached by MSF Belgium earlier this year and asked to commence dental services in this region, as this is one of the biggest gaps in healthcare at the moment.
This coming month our first dental clinic opens in an undisclosed location, providing dental care to a large community of patients who have not had access to a dentist for years. It is estimated by MSF that there are about 12 000 in this municipality alone needing dental services. We will also be providing a bus service for people from outlying communities to be able to access the clinic.
Our first 4 dental chairs arrived in Ukraine this week from Netherlands, and we have a local dentist couple (from the displaced population) that will be commencing the clinic services in the beginning of December. We also have a donated mobile dental van that will be serving smaller communities in the region.
We realise that this is a complex project to maintain – dental consumables are expensive. But if you would like to donate to a worthy cause in the region, this is one of them. And if you’re a dentist and would like to get involved please get in touch.
Emergency Medical units
We currently have four truck mounted clinic units that are set up to serve as field emergency clinics. While we cannot disclose much more info about this project for security reasons, they will be providing emergency capabilities to vulnerable areas without access to healthcare, where local infrastructure has been destroyed.







