IOM COVID-19 RESPONSE Report 9 (15 March 2021)

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FROM MASKS TO DEFIBRILLATORS:

IOM AND JAPAN PROVIDE CRUCIAL EQUIPMENT TO HOSPITALS AND ENTRY-EXIT CROSSING POINTS IN EASTERN UKRAINE

Five first-line hospitals in conflict- guards have also received much-needed affected and Luhansk regions “In 2020, the SBGS personnel personal protective equipment and of Ukraine as well as five entry-exit registered almost 3 million people disinfectants, provided by IOM and crossing points (EECPs) at the contact at the entry-exit crossing points,” funded by Japan. line received much-needed equipment said Serhii Deineko, the Head of the from IOM. Assistance was delivered at State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Medical facilities* serving as primary the end of February with funding from “We are grateful to our international health-care providers for conflict-affected the Government of Japan. partners for their continued valuable population and persons crossing the support to Ukraine and Ukrainian contact line received modern medical To better equip the EECPs staff for citizens, especially those who equipment as requested by them: reacting to health emergencies, including have to cross the contact line. The 3 patient monitors, 2 portable oxygen life-threatening ones, IOM provided received medical equipment will concentrators, 2 electrocardiographs, 5 defibrillators, 25 resuscitation kits, improve the EECPs’ ability to assist a biochemical analyser, a sterilization 25 contactless thermometers and people,” said the Head of the SBGS. unit, a binocular microscope, an infusion 5 digital blood pressure monitors, with pump, a Holter monitor, a ventilator a total worth of USD 51,000, to the He added that previously, within the for non-invasive and invasive lung State Border Guard Service (SBGS) of framework of the project to prevent ventilation, 150 infrared thermometers, Ukraine. the spread of COVID-19, border and 10 portable pulse oximeters.

* Mariinka Central District Hospital, Stanytsia Luhanska District Territorial Medical Association, Central District Hospital, Multidisciplinary Hospital of Intensive Care of , City Hospital #1. IOM UKRAINE COVID-19 RESPONSE Report 9 (15 March 2021)

Photo: IOM / Oleksandr Symonenko

IOM also provided personal protective affected populations in covering their “Japan attaches great importance to equipment to help protect medical most pressing needs. “The COVID-19 assist the people in Donetsk and staff and patients from COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated people’s Luhansk regions and has actively infection: 2,280 face shields, 2,950 FFP2 vulnerabilities and significantly added contributed to the projects implemented respirators, 93,000 pairs of surgical gloves, to the challenges that many medical by IOM and other UN agencies since 41,200 pairs of examination gloves, and social institutions Donetsk and 2014. Among other projects supported 24,200 surgical masks, 14,400 surgical Luhansk regions have had to deal with,” by Japan, we provide, in the context gowns, 270 protective goggles, and said Anh Nguyen, IOM Ukraine Chief of COVID-19 pandemic, medical 1,700 biohazard bags. The total worth of Mission. “We are grateful to the equipment to the local hospitals and of assistance to the medical institutions is donors whose generous support allows the EECPs along the contact line. USD 152,000. to continue responding to the needs of We have chosen much-needed and conflict-affected populations through crucial equipment which would play a The assistance provided in coordination humanitarian assistance and protection,” vital role for ensuring public health in with the State Border Guard Service he added. the regions. Japan stands firm on the and regional administrations is a part position of supporting the sovereignty, of IOM Ukraine’s COVID-19 response Medical needs are among the top- independence and territorial integrity efforts. It builds upon IOM continuous three reasons making people cross the of Ukraine and will definitely keep this work to support humane and orderly contact line, according to the United course and cooperate with Ukraine.” movement of people through the Nations Office for the Coordination of H.E. Mr. Takashi Kurai, line of contact and to assist conflict- Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA). Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine IOM UKRAINE COVID-19 RESPONSE Report 9 (15 March 2021)

Photo: SBGS Ukraine “The assistance we received is much needed as our big hospital of 465 beds has been admitting COVID-19 patients to a new department since November 2020.”

Larysa Mamaieva, Director of Mariupol City Hospital #1

“Previously there were cases when we had to wait for an ambulance up to half an hour. Now, as our staff received equipment and will be trained on using it, we will be able to save lives.”

Ivan Korol, Head of Health Department with Border Guard Detachment

The IOM project “Addressing Urgent Humanitarian and Socioeconomic Photo: IOM / Oleksandr Symonenko Needs of IDPs and Conflict-Affected Populations Along the Line of Contact in Eastern Ukraine”, funded by the Government of Japan, started in March 2020 and lasts until March 2021. The project supports the Government of Ukraine’s efforts to enhance socioeconomic recovery of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and conflict- affected populations living near the line of contact. It also focuses on increasing awareness of the risks of trafficking and exploitation and on improving the medical infrastructure of entry-exit crossing points and health-care facilities along the line of contact.

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