Unique Challenges for WHO Emergency Medical Teams in Ukraine: Field Assessment & Global Recommendations

Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2024 May 10:1-10. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2024.76. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

The purpose of WHO Emergency Medical Teams is to Minor wording edit recommendations: 'to provide timely, high-quality health services.' (removed 'of') 'in the immediate aftermath of disasters and during disease outbreaks and other emergencies, including conflict and insecurity.'improve the timeliness and quality of health services by national and international Emergency Medical Teams in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, outbreak, and other emergencies, including war and conflicts. 'The war in Ukraine has presented all healthcare providers with many unique challenges'. What is meant by this? All Ukrainian HCPs, all HCP operating in Ukraine? Can you be more specific regarding what you are trying to say.The war in Ukraine has presented all healthcare providers with many unique challenges. This assessment addresses would edit to: 'the importance and the complexities of' the importance of and the complexities of the global spread of the Emergency Medical Team system challenges to meet a wide variety of crises including war, those that are unique to this very complex crisis in Ukraine, and the essential role of educational initiatives, not only in professional development but also in teamwork and cultural integration.

Keywords: Emergency Medical Teams; Ukraine; War and Conflict; World Health Organization.