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When Chronic Turns Critical: Ukraine’s Silent Health Crisis

Across Ukraine, war-related insecurity combined with extremely stressful living conditions is triggering a worrying trend of late consultations, with patients developing complications that could have been prevented with timely care. People are living under constant stress, exposed to daily attacks by Russian forces, power cuts, and prolonged uncertainty. This makes it difficult for them to recognise when a condition is serious. What should be manageable chronic conditions are becoming life-threatening. MSF teams working in several hospitals and mobile clinics are witnessing how chronic diseases escalate into life-threatening conditions, silently worsening the health of those already living through extreme hardship.

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