28.10.2022
Ukraine, where sirens sound day and night
Factsheet October 2022: A focus on persons with disabilities and provision of emergency health service
Handicap International Schweiz "The people of Ukraine are living through an
horrendous urban armed conflict. Systematic
evidence shows that, worldwide, when explosive
weapons are used in populated areas 90% of those
affected are civilians (AOAV, 2019). This pattern
is very much evident in Ukraine, where 95% of
civilian casualties have occurred in populated
areas (AOAV, 2022). Bombing and shelling in
Ukraine are directly harming the civilian population,
who face a high risk of death, war-related injuries
and psychological trauma, increasing the need for
rehabilitation, mental health and psycho-social
support (MHPSS), and other services. The vast
majority of internally displaced people (IDPs) are
women, girls and boys. 46% of displaced families
include at least one person over 60, 36% include a
chronically ill person and 25% include a person with
disabilities."
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