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.@WHO is proud to join the @CND_tweets & @UNODC’s call for international cooperation to increase access to controlled substances for medical & scientific purposes. It is critical that we work together towards #NoPatientLeftBehind and equitable access to the medicines they need.

At the same time, the non-medical use & misuse use of psychoactive drugs leads to half a million deaths every year. As we work to address this global problem, it is critical that we position public health & human rights at the centre of the international drug policy dialogue.

On 12 March 2 ventilators were delivered to hospitals in Kyiv and 14 tonnes or 52 cubic metres of trauma kits and essential medicines for primary health care reached Lviv.

On 9–11 March 9 shipments were dispatched to Kharkiv & Sumy via Poltava; to Dnipro; to Kherson & Mariupol via Dnipro; to Mykolaiv; to Zhytomyr; to Zaporizhia; to Cherkasy. Each shipment serves 150 trauma patients & 15 000 primary health care patients for 3 months.

On 8 March @WHO delivered 10 tonnes of trauma and emergency surgery kits to Kyiv, to be distributed to warehouses in 7 regions: Kyiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Zaporizhia, Zhytomyr and Cherkasy.

On 5 March approximately 600 doses of anti-tetanus toxoid reached Kyiv, and 36 tonnes of vital medical supplies reached Lviv, from where they are being distributed to health facilities across Ukraine.

Oxygen generators, generators to maintain electrical supply in affected health facilities, defibrillators, monitors, anaesthesia drugs, rehydration salts, gauze & bandages are among the medical supplies @WHO & partners are shipping to to save lives and maintain health services

As the Health Cluster Lead Agency, @WHO is working with partners to alleviate shortages of life-saving equipment and medication, such as oxygen and insulin, surgical supplies, anaesthetics, and transfusion kits to collect, test and safely transfuse blood.

.@WHO is coordinating with partners the provision of humanitarian health assistance, within Ukraine & on its borders, & providing technical support & surge staff. WHO is providing support across Ukraine through @WHOUkraine, @WHO_Europe in Copenhagen, and its HQ in Geneva.

Many distributors in Ukraine are not operational, some stockpiles are inaccessible due to military operations, medicine supplies are running low, and hospitals are struggling to provide care to the sick and wounded.

The current estimated number of people impacted in Ukraine is 18 million, of which 6.7 million are internally displaced. Nearly 3 million people have fled the country. Supply chains have been severely disrupted.

.@WHO has worked around the clock to ensure a constant flow of health supplies so that neighbouring countries have the infrastructure & expertise to meet urgent needs of refugees, and to support Ukraine’s health system to meet the immediate health needs of people in Ukraine.

The silent killer - #airpollution - is threatening the health and future of our children. @WHO calls on all countries and cities to commit to fueling green and clean solutions and ensure citizens can #BreatheLife.https://twitter.com/drgaryfuller/status/1502187569949425665?s=24 …