Polio Makes a Comeback in Ukraine as War Halts Vaccination Campaign
Tragically, before the war, Ukraine was in the midst of a major transformation of its healthcare system, says Judyth Twigga professor at Virginia Commonwealth University specializing in global health, especially in Russia, Ukraine, and other parts of the former Soviet Union.
The war with Russia could potentially reverse many of these gains, which were already threatened by the rise of COVID-19., only 53% of one-year-olds were vaccinated for polio in Ukraine, according to the National Center for Public Health of Ukraine—suggesting that the pandemic had slowed the polio vaccination effort.
Within Ukraine, the war is making health care as a whole a growing crisis—and threatening the country’s ability to treat polio or vaccinate children. Rivne Children’s Hospital—where the first—has so far not been directly affected by the fighting, but is getting ready for worse to come, especially as it watches hospitals in the country’s east sustaining damage from the Russian attack. Dr.
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