Petakh Pavlo, Kamyshnyi Aleksandr, Tymchyk Viktoriia, Armitage Richard
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
Department of Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine.
Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2023 Jun 17;6:100397. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2023.100397. eCollection 2023 Dec.
•The Transcarpathian region in Ukraine has received over 350,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) since the beginning of the invasion, making the region vulnerable to outbreaks of communicable diseases.•The coverage of vital vaccination programs has been substantially harmed since the invasion began, with many children displaced without documentation and their vaccination status unknown.•The conditions in which IDPs in Transcarpathia reside risk local outbreaks of infectious diseases and their transmission into EU countries, making it vital to continue supporting Ukrainian healthcare authorities on the pivotal issue of vaccination.
•自俄乌冲突爆发以来,乌克兰外喀尔巴阡地区接收了超过35万境内流离失所者,这使得该地区容易爆发传染病。
•自冲突开始以来,重要疫苗接种计划的覆盖率受到了严重影响,许多流离失所儿童没有相关文件,他们的疫苗接种情况不明。
•外喀尔巴阡地区境内流离失所者的居住条件有可能引发当地传染病的爆发,并传播到欧盟国家,因此在疫苗接种这一关键问题上继续支持乌克兰卫生当局至关重要。