Since the conflict began in eastern Ukraine in April 2014, MSF has supported more than 350 health facilities on the both sides of the contact line with donations of medical equipment and medicines to treat war-wounded, people with chronic diseases, provided primary healthcare and assisted safe deliveries for pregnant women.

Around Mariupol and Kurakhove, MSF is running mobile clinics in 25 different locations to support residents and displaced people. A mobile clinic team usually consists of a doctor, nurse and psychologist, who provide medical and mental healthcare as well as ensure the donation of medications. Mobile clinics are operated in health facilities, community buildings or even empty schools or kindergarten.

Due to the unstable and insecure environment, anxiety related disorders continue to be the main issue among mental health patients, followed by depression. Among patients MSF sees for general medical consultations, cardio-vascular diseases and diabetes are the two main conditions being reported. The majority of patients are elderly people suffering from chronic diseases, who are enrolled in a specific program to receive appropriate treatment and longer term monitoring of their condition.

In the 25 locations MSF mobile teams are working in around Mariupol and Kurakhove, more than 36,800 medical consultations and 5,980 individual and group mental health consultations have been carried out. In addition, 17,200 patients also attended mental health awareness presentations carried out during mobile clinics.
(Data from March 2015 to August 2016).