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Marginalised Groups Struggle to Access Healthcare in Conflict-Torn East Ukraine


Social worker in the flat of a drug addict in Donetsk doing outreach work. Drug addicts, like other marginalised groups, including Roma, are victims of the collapse of the health system in East Ukraine. Credit: Natalia Kravchuk/International HIV/AIDS Alliance Ukraine©By Pavol StracanskyKIEV, Jan 28 2015 (IPS)With international organisations warning that East Ukraine is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe as its health system collapses, marginalised groups are among those facing the greatest struggle to access even basic health care in the war-torn region.The conflict between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces has affected more than five million people, with 1.4 …read more

Source: Inter Press Service

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