About 25,000 packages of the drug, also known as the next day pill, have been sent by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) to Ukraine, and a network of volunteers across Europe is collecting donations of the drug from abroad and delivering it to hospitals. “The timing of the treatment of victims of sexual violence is really important,” said Julie Taft of the IPPF. “If a woman shows up within five days of an event, then this medicine should be given to her automatically.” Taft said the IPPF also shipped medical abortion pills, which can be used up to the 24th week of pregnancy. While emergency contraception was widely available in Ukraine, the war destroyed local supply chains, displaced patients and health care providers, and increased the rate of sexual assault. “There is a demand for emergency contraception, but very rarely from hospitals in the west. “There are mainly hospitals in the east, in Kharkov, in Mariupol, in these areas,” said Joel Mitchell of Paracrew, a humanitarian aid organization that supplies food and medical equipment to Ukraine. “Once we got in touch with hospitals in these areas, we had regular orders for this drug.” It is not clear how many of the drug recipients are victims of sexual harassment, but a volunteer with Paracrew told the Guardian that he delivered emergency contraception directly to a hospital in a city north of Kiev, where he was told by hospital staff. some rape victims were hospitalized. Ukraine’s human rights commissioner Lyudmila Denisova said in early April that there were nine official cases of women becoming pregnant after being raped by Russian soldiers. Reports of rape raises concerns in areas in the east that remain under Russian occupation. Alona Zubchenko of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said that in a crisis situation, the reported cases of violence, including rape, are likely to be “just the tip of the iceberg”. The UN has in the past included emergency contraception in “kit after rape” to hundreds of women and girls in armed conflict around the world, including the Bosnian war. In addition to emergency contraception, survivors were usually given drugs to prevent STDs such as hepatitis B and HIV. Distribution of the drug to rape survivors in post-conflict zones remains a UN policy. So far, the UN has sent 40 metric tons (40,000 kg) of reproductive health supplies to Ukraine and 33 kits of clinical rape management (CMR) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to 19 hospitals in 10 regions of Ukraine. Kristoffer Rolf Deinoff, co-founder of the humanitarian organization Paracrew. Photo: Anna Liminowicz / The Guardian Denisova said her office had officially documented the cases of 25 women who were held in a basement and systematically raped in Bukha, a city north of Kiev that is now synonymous with Russian war crimes, but the actual number of victims may be very high. larger. A volunteer who evacuated residents from cities north of Kiev in early April told the Guardian: “What usually happens is that rape survivors initially want to tell their story, but then leave and return months later to talk.” He said he had met three women in the area who came out of houses and basements naked. One, who was immediately transported by ambulance, had been badly beaten and had broken bones. The Guardian reported this week that post-mortem examinations on mass graves north of Kiev revealed evidence that some women had been raped before being killed by Russian forces. “There are a lot of psychological, emotional and physical health issues that the survivor faces and the anxiety about a possible pregnancy is really huge for many women,” Taft said. “It can lead to anxiety and PTSD, so being able to prevent it is the key.” However, the supply of pills inside Ukraine has been severely damaged by the invasion, and volunteers who spoke to the Guardian described a number of logistical issues that delayed efforts to transport the much-needed drug to the country. “Many medicines used to be produced in Ukraine, but much of this production has stopped or stuck in the big cities because transportation is not safe,” Taft said. “In addition, the current capacity of health care providers and commodities [is insecure]especially because we are seeing a lot of damage to health facilities. “ Aleksandra Weder Sawicka, an Oslo-based Polish activist who worked with Paracrew, coordinated a collection of 500 pills from Norway, but attracted the control of the Norwegian Health Directorate, which did not approve of the informal donation of the drug. A large pharmacy chain in Norway also refused to deliver the medicine to her for this reason. She was forced to stop further donations while trying to reach an agreement with the Norwegian authorities to allow her to continue the project. Tuft said strict drug controls in some countries along Ukraine’s borders, such as Romania, Hungary and Poland, made the supply of pills more expensive, challenging and time-consuming. “In these countries you can not buy emergency medicines in bulk,” he said, “so we had to get them from suppliers in Denmark and the Netherlands.” Krystyna Kacpura, director of Federa, a Polish organization that advocates for women’s rights and reproductive health, said: “International organizations approached the first days of the war by offering emergency contraception, but we had to advise them to in Ukraine through the Czech Republic, as we could not see ourselves handling controlled substances. ”
title: “Urgently Seek Emergency Contraception In Ukraine As Reports Of Rape Rise Ukraine Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-12” author: “Joshua Goodwin”
About 2,880 packages of the drug, also known as the next day pill, have been sent by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) to Ukraine, and a network of volunteers across Europe is collecting donations of the drug from abroad and delivering it to hospitals. “The timing of the treatment of victims of sexual violence is really important,” said Julie Taft of the IPPF. “If a woman shows up within five days of an event, then this medicine should be given to her automatically.” Taft said the IPPF also shipped medical abortion pills, which can be used up to the 24th week of pregnancy. While emergency contraception was widely available in Ukraine, the war destroyed local supply chains, displaced patients and health care providers, and increased the rate of sexual assault. “There is a demand for emergency contraception, but very rarely from hospitals in the west. “There are mainly hospitals in the east, in Kharkov, in Mariupol, in these areas,” said Joel Mitchell of Paracrew, a humanitarian aid organization that supplies food and medical equipment to Ukraine. “Once we got in touch with hospitals in these areas, we had regular orders for this drug.” It is not clear how many of the drug recipients are victims of sexual harassment, but a volunteer with Paracrew told the Guardian that he delivered emergency contraception directly to a hospital in a city north of Kiev, where he was told by hospital staff. some rape victims were hospitalized. Ukraine’s human rights commissioner Lyudmila Denisova said in early April that there were nine official cases of women becoming pregnant after being raped by Russian soldiers. Reports of rape raises concerns in areas in the east that remain under Russian occupation. Jamie Nadal of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said that in a crisis situation the reported cases of violence, including rape, are likely to be “just the tip of the iceberg”. The UN has in the past included emergency contraception in “kit after rape” to hundreds of women and girls in armed conflict around the world, including the Bosnian war. In addition to emergency contraception, survivors usually received medication to prevent STDs such as hepatitis B and HIV. Distribution of the drug to rape survivors in post-conflict zones remains a UN policy. So far, the UN has sent 40 metric tons (40,000 kg) of reproductive health supplies to Ukraine and 33 kits of clinical rape management (CMR) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to 19 hospitals in 10 regions of Ukraine. Kristoffer Rolf Deinoff, co-founder of the humanitarian organization Paracrew. Photo: Anna Liminowicz / The Guardian Denisova said her office had officially documented the cases of 25 women who were held in a basement and systematically raped in Bukha, a city north of Kiev that is now synonymous with Russian war crimes, but the actual number of victims may be very high. larger. A volunteer who evacuated residents from cities north of Kiev in early April told the Guardian: “What usually happens is that rape survivors initially want to tell their story, but then leave and return months later to talk.” He said he had met three women in the area who came out of houses and basements naked. One, who was immediately transported by ambulance, had been badly beaten and had broken bones. The Guardian reported this week that post-mortem examinations on mass graves north of Kiev revealed evidence that some women had been raped before being killed by Russian forces. “There are a lot of psychological, emotional and physical health issues that the survivor faces and the anxiety about a possible pregnancy is really huge for many women,” Taft said. “It can lead to anxiety and PTSD, so being able to prevent it is the key.” However, the supply of pills inside Ukraine has been severely damaged by the invasion, and volunteers who spoke to the Guardian described a number of logistical issues that delayed efforts to transport the much-needed drug to the country. “Many medicines used to be produced in Ukraine, but much of this production has stopped or stuck in the big cities because transportation is not safe,” Taft said. “In addition, the current capacity of health care providers and commodities [is insecure]especially because we are seeing a lot of damage to health facilities. “ Aleksandra Weder Sawicka, an Oslo-based Polish activist who worked with Paracrew, coordinated a collection of 500 pills from Norway, but attracted the control of the Norwegian Health Directorate, which did not approve of the informal donation of the drug. A large pharmacy chain in Norway also refused to deliver the medicine to her for this reason. She was forced to stop further donations while trying to reach an agreement with the Norwegian authorities to allow her to continue the project. Tuft said strict drug controls in some countries along Ukraine’s borders, such as Romania, Hungary and Poland, made the supply of pills more expensive, challenging and time-consuming. “In these countries you can not buy emergency medicines in bulk,” he said, “so we had to get them from suppliers in Denmark and the Netherlands.” Krystyna Kacpura, director of Federa, a Polish organization that advocates for women’s rights and reproductive health, said: “International organizations approached the first days of the war by offering emergency contraception, but we had to advise them to send it in Ukraine through the Czech Republic, as we could not see ourselves handling controlled substances. ” This article was last modified on April 28, 2022. The IPPF has provided approximately 2,880 packets of pills in Ukraine, up from approximately 25,000 packets as previously reported.
