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When you are providing primary healthcare, your approach is essential
Soon after the crisis in Ukraine began, EMERGENCY brought its Politruck to Moldova: our completely self-reliant mobile clinic. We also brought over a doctor, a nurse, a logistician and a psychologist, and got to work on what the Ministry of Health had tasked us with: setting up a primary healthcare service for refugees arriving here.…
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“Several Come Back, Even If Only to Say Thank You and That They Feel Better.”
“There are recurring themes in the stories told by refugees here: the farewell to family members, to the men who stayed to fight. This is frequently accompanied by a sense of guilt for having fled. Giovanna is a psychologist and part of EMERGENCY’s team in Moldova that is responding to the needs of refugees fleeing…
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N. Only Draws Moving Cars and A House to Leave From.
He arrived here in Bălți, Moldova, after a three-day journey from Ukraine together with five of his six siblings. At the wheel is his mother, A. When we visit her in our Mobile Clinic, she says she has a bad headache and wants to be sure it’s nothing serious: she has to be healthy and…
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‘Peace’ Is the Only Word They Tell Me in English
A. and I. did not have time to pack their bags before leaving. A mortar hit next to their house, breaking all the glass and damaging an external wall. It was 13 March. They lived in Mykolaïv, a large city between Kherson and Odessa. It is still under siege. The couple managed to reach Palanca,…
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“We Are Committed to This Project.”
EMERGENCY’s Mobile Clinic is in Moldova to support communities fleeing the war in Ukraine. Federica is one of our doctors here: “Many people are coming – especially women over 60 – with chronic diseases and treatments that have stopped because of the war. They've had to move away from their homes, where they had a…