On July 20, in the afternoon hours, four Doctors Without Borders employees, four truck drivers and 10 other workers were detained by a group of armed men. The incident took place while transporting medical supplies to the Turkish Hospital in southern Khartoum, where Doctors Without Borders works.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that bird flu infection has been detected in more than twenty-five cats in Poland, but there is no information on human cases. The agency reports that such risks are low.
The O. Bohomoltsia National Medical University has received efficient backup power supplies. They will enable health care units affiliated with the Kiev university to operate regardless of power outages. This is another step in WUM's activities in support of Ukraine.
The WHO cancer research agency says aspartame is a possible source of carcinogens. A ruling on the matter is likely to be floated next month.
A large portion of the Ukrainian population shows increased levels of stress due to war, according to a recently published study by researchers at Kyiv University. In many cases, this is accompanied by PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, or depression.
More than a billion women and adolescent girls around the world fail to eat or skip meals every day. Among them, mothers who prioritize the health of their children and family are most at risk.
Pharmacies in Bayreuth and Wunsiedel in Bavaria will begin testing drones for drug delivery. This is a pioneering project in Germany.
Last year, 4224 women in Norway were diagnosed with breast cancer, the highest number ever. The information comes from the 2022 cancer statistics. Norwegian Cancer Registry.
Up to half as many babies are being born during the war in Ukrainian hospitals assisted by the Polish Medical Mission. In a survey conducted by the Polish organization at 10 neonatal facilities, they also indicated an increase in pregnancy complications, premature births and illnesses among...
Médecins Sans Frontières' immediate response teams are ready to provide assistance in embattled Sudan. The organization is calling on the warring parties to ensure the safety of medical personnel and patients. It is also calling for medical supplies to be able to be delivered to medical...
The ceremony took place on April 27 this year in Kiev. Prof. Mariusz Gujski, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at WUM, received an honorary doctorate degree. This is the highest honor in the academic world. The title was awarded by the Academic Council of the O. Bohomolt National Medical...
Médecins Sans Frontières is reporting more wounded and killed in the ongoing fighting in Sudan since April 15, and limited access to medical aid. Due to the fighting, medical personnel and patients are unable to reach hospitals in many places. Ambulances trying to rescue the wounded are being...
On April 7, the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated its 75th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on the governments of the 194 member states to invest in the health workforce.
The Regional Medical Council in Szczecin supports the demands of doctors protesting in five German states. Doctors point to high pressure related to financial standards imposed by commercial hospital owners. The doctors also speak of unsatisfactory salaries and deteriorating work comfort.
JANUARY Poland struggled with the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The Omicron variant began to be responsible for the increasing number of infections. The Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, announced a package of solutions to increase the availability of testing for the presence of the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) in cooperation with the Ministry of Health has launched a special call center dedicated to doctors and dentists who obtained their qualifications outside the European Union, including Ukraine. Each person who calls the given number will receive comprehensive...
Polish doctors have already performed the first cataract surgery at the ophthalmic hospital in Kiabakari, Tanzania. About two hundred treatments are already planned.
Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarčič, together with health ministers from Poland and Ukraine, officially opened today in Jasionka near Rzeszów a new EU Medevac Hub - a medical evacuation center for patients from Ukraine.
On August 24, six months have passed since Russia's attack on Ukraine. The war causes enormous suffering for the people of Ukraine: according to UN data, more than 5,500 civilians died, and over 13 million of them had to leave their homes. At the same time, humanitarian aid continues to reach...
Specialists from the Medical University of Warsaw will train 400 Ukrainian doctors in emergency medicine, battlefield medicine and treating multi-organ injuries in wartime conditions.
Family doctors emphasize that they are ready to vaccinate children up to 18 years of age - citizens from Ukraine, but so far only a few parents have expressed interest in this form of prophylaxis. Experts are looking for an effective way to educate refugees and they hope that the government, the...
Over a million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have already received at least the first dose of the approved malaria vaccine last year. Vaccinations, recommended by the WHO in October 2021, can save up to 80,000 children a year from death. However, sub-Saharan African countries also face...
Every day, Ukrainian patients seek help from primary care physicians. There are many more of them in the eastern provinces of Poland. Doctors give them advice, collect a medical interview, issue prescriptions, and in many cases even buy these drugs, because Ukrainian citizens are not yet entitled...
On April 7, we celebrate World Health Day. The holiday established by the WHO will this time dominate the dramatic stories of attacks on hospitals, their patients and employees. With over 80 attacks on medical facilities and 12 million people in need of help in Ukraine, the war across our eastern...
Prevention in the form of vaccinations and the need to monitor epidemiological threats were the main topics of the Wednesday meeting of the Parliamentary Team for Vaccination and Health Promotion, during which the challenges related to the wave of refugees arriving in Poland were discussed.
During the month of the refugee crisis in Poland, 3.4 thousand citizens of Ukraine started vaccination against COVID-19, and another over 2 thousand received another dose of the vaccine. The Ministry of Health has announced that it will issue a regulation on the vaccination of children and...
Up to 2 million people with rare diseases remained in Ukraine. There is a lack of basic medications and medical products, which in the case of some diseases is directly threatening to life. The supplies bought three weeks ago may not be enough for long, and the pharmacy warehouses are empty.
Doctors still do not have tools for systemic treatment of refugees from Ukraine. The problem of drug reimbursement is also still unresolved - the Zielona Góra Agreement is alarming.
Contrary to the government's assurances, in the light of the regulations, refugees in Poland can count - at the health care level - only on emergency aid. Doctors also have no grounds to issue prescriptions with a reimbursement or to vaccinate under the PSO.
We talk to prof. Maciej Duszczyk from the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies and the Center for Migration Research at the University of Warsaw.
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