Nineteen More Attacks on Ukraine’s Health Facilities Since Friday: WHO Humanitarian Crises 11/04/2022 • Kerry Cullinan Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Ukraine operating theatre destroyed The World Health Organization (WHO) has verified 108 attacks on health care in Ukraine as of Monday in which 73 people have died and 51 have been injured. That is 19 more attacks on health facilities than the already deadly toll of 91 attacks that had been verified by WHO as of early Friday afternoon, and as reported at a press conference by WHO’s Regional Director Hans Kluge in Lviv. .@WHO has verified 5 additional reports of attacks on health care in #Ukraine. As of 11 April, 108 attacks on health care in Ukraine have been verified, causing 73 deaths and 51 injuries. We are outraged that attacks on health care are continuing. pic.twitter.com/8GNUQZFiK9 — WHO Ukraine (@WHOUkraine) April 11, 2022 Meanwhile, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has recorded 1,793 civilian deaths and 2,439 injuries since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February and Sunday. Most of the civilian casualties have been caused by “explosive weapons with a wide impact area”, including shelling from heavy artillery and rocket, missile and air strikes. https://data.humdata.org/visualization/ukraine-humanitarian-operations/ “OHCHR believes that the actual figures are considerably higher, as the receipt of information from some locations where intense hostilities have been going on has been delayed and many reports are still pending corroboration,” according to a statement from the office. “This concerns, for example, Mariupol (Donetsk region), Izium (Kharkiv region), Popasna (Luhansk region), and Borodianka (Kyiv region), where there are allegations of numerous civilian casualties. These figures are being further corroborated and are not included in the above statistics.” According to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, 176 children had been killed and at least 336 injured as of Sunday. Image Credits: WHO. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Combat the infodemic in health information and support health policy reporting from the global South. Our growing network of journalists in Africa, Asia, Geneva and New York connect the dots between regional realities and the big global debates, with evidence-based, open access news and analysis. To make a personal or organisational contribution click here on PayPal.