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Health community response to Ukrainian conflict
Vaccine wastage as collateral damage in Ukrainian conflict
BMJ 2022; 377 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o911 (Published 08 April 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;377:o911
- Christos Tsagkaris, head1,
- Lily Laubscher, medical graduate2,
- Valeriia Vladychuk, intern physician3
- 1Public Health and Policy Working Group, European Student Think Tank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Zurich, Switzerland
- 3Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
- publichealth{at}esthinktank.com
McKee and Murphy ask how the health community can respond to the crisis in Ukraine.1 Since the end of February 2022, the unfolding crisis has negatively affected vaccination efforts in the country. Public health authorities and experts have already emphasised the risk of a surge in vaccine preventable diseases, including covid-19, poliomyelitis, and tuberculosis.2 …
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