The human toll and humanitarian crisis of the Russia-Ukraine war: the first 162 days

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dc.creatorHaque, Ubydul
dc.creatorNaeem, Amna; Wang, Shanshan
dc.creatorEspinoza, Juan
dc.creatorHolovanova, Irina
dc.creatorGutor, Taras
dc.creatorBazyka, Dimitry
dc.creatorGalindo, Rebeca
dc.creatorSharma, Sadikshya
dc.creatorKaidashev, Igor P.
dc.creatorChumachenko, Dmytro
dc.creatorLinnikov, Syvatoslav
dc.creatorAnnan, Esther
dc.creatorLubinda, Jailos
dc.creatorKorol, Natalya
dc.creatorBazyka, Kostyantyn
dc.creatorZhyvotovska, Liliia
dc.creatorZimenkovsky, Andriy
dc.creatorNguyen, Uyen-Sa D.T.
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-7413-1017 (Haque, Ubydul)
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-2715-9073 (Nguyen, Uyen-Sa D. T.)
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-01T22:04:56Z
dc.date.available2023-02-01T22:04:56Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-28
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: We examined the human toll and subsequent humanitarian crisis resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022. METHOD: We extracted and analysed data resulting from Russian military attacks on Ukrainians between 24 February and 4 August 2022. The data tracked direct deaths and injuries, damage to healthcare infrastructure and the impact on health, the destruction of residences, infrastructure, communication systems, and utility services - all of which disrupted the lives of Ukrainians. RESULTS: As of 4 August 2022, 5552 civilians were killed outright and 8513 injured in Ukraine as a result of Russian attacks. Local officials estimate as many as 24 328 people were also killed in mass atrocities, with Mariupol being the largest (n=22 000) such example. Aside from wide swaths of homes, schools, roads, and bridges destroyed, hospitals and health facilities from 21 cities across Ukraine came under attack. The disruption to water, gas, electricity, and internet services also extended to affect supplies of medications and other supplies owing to destroyed facilities or production that ceased due to the war. The data also show that Ukraine saw an increase in cases of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and Coronavirus (COVID-19). CONCLUSIONS: The 2022 Russia-Ukraine War not only resulted in deaths and injuries but also impacted the lives and safety of Ukrainians through destruction of healthcare facilities and disrupted delivery of healthcare and supplies. The war is an ongoing humanitarian crisis given the continuing destruction of infrastructure and services that directly impact the well-being of human lives. The devastation, trauma and human cost of war will impact generations of Ukrainians to come.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
dc.identifier.citationHaque, U., Naeem, A., Wang, S., Espinoza, J., Holovanova, I., Gutor, T., Bazyka, D., Galindo, R., Sharma, S., Kaidashev, I. P., Chumachenko, D., Linnikov, S., Annan, E., Lubinda, J., Korol, N., Bazyka, K., Zhyvotovska, L., Zimenkovsky, A., & Nguyen, U. D. T. (2022). The human toll and humanitarian crisis of the Russia-Ukraine war: the first 162 days. BMJ global health, 7(9), e009550. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009550
dc.identifier.issn2059-7908
dc.identifier.issue9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/32007
dc.identifier.volume7
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009550
dc.rights.holder© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022.
dc.rights.licenseAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.sourceBMJ Global Health
dc.subjectchild health
dc.subjectepidemiology
dc.subjecthealth systems
dc.subjectmental health & psychiatry
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subject.meshCOVID-19 / epidemiology
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Care
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshRussia / epidemiology
dc.subject.meshUkraine / epidemiology
dc.subject.meshWater
dc.titleThe human toll and humanitarian crisis of the Russia-Ukraine war: the first 162 days
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