Weekly Update #9
April 26
April 26
OVERVIEW OF CURRENT SITUATION
This report is produced by OCHA Ukraine in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 12:00 p.m. on 18 April to 12:00 p.m. on 21 April. The next report will be issued on or around 26 April.
KEY FIGURES (FLASH APPEAL 2022 – March-May 2022)
HIGHLIGHTS
Eastern and southern parts of Ukraine continue to face the fiercest fighting, exacerbating the already dire humanitarian crisis. As intense fighting and airstrikes continue to cause civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure across the country, the duration of martial law in Ukraine was extended until 25 May 2022.
Health Needs:
As of 21 April, 162 attacks on health care facilities have been recorded by the World Health Organization (WHO), claiming 73 lives and injuring another 52 people.
According to REACH’s RNA conducted in settlements in central Ukraine, 25 per cent of respondents cited difficulties in accessing health-care services. The oblasts where substantial difficulties in accessing health services include Kirovohradska (60 per cent) and Cherkaska (29 per cent).
Among settlements where difficulties in accessing health services were reported, the primary unmet needs were the treatment for chronic health problems, such as diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease, lung disease, cancer, or disabilities (15 per cent), and treatment for mental health conditions or support for excess stress, worry or sadness (8 per cent). Key cited barriers to meeting those needs included lack of medicines and cost of medicines. Access to medicines (25 per cent) was a high concern for most of assessed settlements in central oblasts, especially for Kirovohradska (60 per cent) and Dnipropetrovska (50 per cent). In Kropyvnytskyi (Kirovohradska oblast), there have been problems with the delivery of medicines and shortages of heart medications, bandages and tourniquets.
According to the World Vision’s RNA conducted in Chernivtsi, 91 per cent of respondents have not faced any challenges in accessing health care and 72 per cent are aware of available mental health services.
UKRAINE REGIONAL REFUGEE RESPONSE PLAN AND FLASH APPEAL – April 2022
LINK: UKRAINE REGIONAL REFUGEE RESPONSE PLAN AND FLASH APPEAL. PDFAt a glance
This document is a summary of the humanitarian response presented in the updates of the Flash Appeal (FA), and of the Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP), as published on 25 April 2022. The RRP presents needs and requirements until the end of December 2022. Needs and requirements presented in the FA are until end of August 2022 because of the fluid nature of the crisis. Both documents will be revised and adjusted based on the context and needs.
UN ALLOCATES AN ADDITIONAL $50 MILLION TO EXTEND URGENT RELIEF OPERATIONS IN UKRAINE
Since the start of the war in Ukraine two months ago, OCHA’s managed humanitarian funds have released over US$158 million to enable aid organizations to rapidly scale up their operations