Voucher scheme boosts hospital supplies in eastern Ukraine
09 February 2021 At the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, supplies of personal protective equipment and hygiene products were running low at conflict-weary hospitals in eastern Ukraine. "Buy a mask or a disinfectant? A healthcare professional should never face a choice like this,” says Svitlana Shabalina, head of Bakhmut Primary Care Centre in the Donetsk region. Now, thanks to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners, hospitals are much better prepared for the second wave. Today, at the entrance to the Primary Care Centre, a nurse wearing a visor measures the te...
Source: unicef.org
