Informes

Another stage of humanitarian operation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions has been successfully finished. The 45th Russian Emergencies Ministry convoy delivered to Donetsk and Luhansk regions over 1,100 tonnes of relief goods. On their way back, all…

BRUSSELS/KYIV, 18 November 2015 – The European Union and UNICEF have started the ‘Children of Peace’ flagship project in Ukraine to provide education and psychosocial support to conflict-affected children in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia…

MSF is ending its commitment to support the multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) programme in the penitentiary system in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) after its accreditation was cancelled on 19 October 2015. The decision of the Humanitarian…

Highlights Following extensive advocacy by UNICEF, other partners and donors, the Ministry of Health (MoH) launched the first round of polio vaccination campaign on 21 October, seven weeks after the confirmation of polio outbreak. This is a…

Kyiv, 9 November 2015 – Today the Minister of Health in Ukraine Alexander Kvitashvili together with UNICEF Representative in Ukraine Giovanna Barberis and WHO Polio Response Coordinator in Ukraine Dennis King have presented the results of…

3 November 2015 Strasbourg. “The conflict in the east of Ukraine has resulted in the loss of thousands of lives and severe hardship for ordinary people living in the conflict-affected areas. All measures must be taken…

CURRENT SITUATION Addressing the needs of older persons is a cross-cutting responsibility of all humanitarian actors. The situation in Ukraine differs from other humanitarian contexts in its high number of older persons (60+) affected by the conflict and in…

HIGHLIGHTS • Humanitarian access constraints in non-government controlled eastern Ukraine continue. • Delay in winterisation activities is a major concern as temperatures are reaching freezing point and first snow expected shortly. • Landmines and UXOs emerge as main risk…

The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations continues delivering relief goods to Rostov-on-Don, where another humanitarian convoy is being built. A Russian Emergencies Ministry Il-76 plane took off today’s morning from Ramenskoye airport for Rostov-on-Don to deliver about…

On 23 October, with winter looming, the United Nations resumed humanitarian operations in areas in Luhansk beyond government control, after three months of suspension. “We are working with all parties to speed dispatch and distribution of…