A humanitarian initiative aimed at improving access to medical services and enhancing the health of socially vulnerable groups, including internally displaced persons, people with disabilities, elderly individuals, low income and large families, single elderly people, and those at increased risk of infectious diseases
Medicine Nearby is a humanitarian initiative designed to improve access to healthcare services and strengthen the health protection of socially vulnerable populations, including internally displaced persons, people with disabilities, elderly individuals, low income and large families, single elderly people, and individuals at heightened risk of infectious diseases
To enhance the protection of socially vulnerable groups by providing mobile specialized medical and pharmaceutical assistance free of charge and on a non discriminatory basis
Damage to medical and social infrastructure, along with the destruction of healthcare institutions, has significantly complicated the provision of medical services and created extraordinary challenges within Ukraine’s healthcare system
The shortage of doctors, lack of medicines, and psycho emotional vulnerability of the population have long term consequences that threaten the overall health of the nation
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Operational efficiency and mobility. Volunteer medical teams respond quickly to the needs of communities that are difficult to reach due to damaged infrastructure or security risks
Multidisciplinary approach. Mobile missions involve doctors of various specialties, including general practitioners, psychologists, pediatricians, cardiologists, endocrinologists, surgeons, urologists, orthopedic trauma specialists, dermatovenerologists, ophthalmologists, obstetricians gynecologists, oncologists, ultrasound specialists, pharmacists, psychiatrists neurologists, allowing comprehensive coverage of patients’ medical needs
Comprehensive care. Patients receive professional consultations, primary examinations, and necessary medicines free of charge. In complicated cases, patients are transported to specialized medical institutions
The project is particularly important for frontline and deoccupied communities whose residents face constant psychological stress, threats to physical safety, destruction of medical and social infrastructure, interruptions in water, heating, and electricity supply, and limited access to timely medical care
Medicine Nearby aligns with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal No. 3 Good Health and Well Being and Goal No. 10 Reduced Inequalities in access to healthcare services
The project was initiated in response to key challenges faced by residents of frontline and de occupied territories:
organization of mobile medical missions involving volunteer doctors
research on healthcare challenges in areas lacking adequate medical infrastructure
public awareness campaigns on the prevention of infectious diseases
educational and training events for volunteer doctors aimed at enhancing professional competence in emergency medical care
expansion of the partnership network through cooperation with civil society and charitable organizations, healthcare institutions, experts
The project engages volunteer doctors of the following specialties:
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