GENEVA (AFP) – Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine has wreaked havoc on the health system, with more than five million people affected, the United Nations said on Friday.The World Health Organization said access to primary, secondary and emergency health services was critically needed, adding that the health infrastructure was buckling under the humanitarian crisis.Dorit Nitzan, the WHO representative in Ukraine, said the UN health body urgently needed at least $23 million (19 million euros) to provide better health facilities to some five million people, classing 1.4 million of them as highly vulnerable.WHO said the worst affected were an estimated 700,000 …read more
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