Key Highlights

• According to the IOM assessment, between 10 and 19 May, more than 17,338 people were forced to leave their homes in the Derhachivska, Lypetska, Starosaltivska, Tsyrkunivska, Vovchanska, and Zolochivska hromadas. As of 19 May, 45,665 people are estimated to remain in these hromadas.

• Since 10 May, at least 1,448 of the relocated people have been accommodated in 41 collective centers in Kharkiv City and oblast, according to the CCCM Cluster assessment. Prior to partner engagement at the collective and transit sites, six partners are conducting rapid assessments in collaboration with the Health Cluster and the Department of Health.

• Five Health Cluster partners, including Alliance for Public Health (APH), FHI 360, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI), and Stellar Ukraine, continue to provide health services at the Kharkiv City Transit Center daily based on the site calendar established by the Health Cluster to support and complement the national health authorities’ response.

• As of 22 May, health partners have provided primary health care services to 935 people and provided some 529 people, including 153 children, with MHPSS consultations, focusing on the needs of vulnerable people at the Kharkiv City Transit Center.

• Four mobile teams—consisting of general practitioners, nurses, psychologists (including pediatric psychologists), and social workers—have been deployed by health partners at the Transit Center. Their services encompass emergency medical care, primary health care and MHPSS consultations, and medication distribution/refills. The fifth mobile clinic present at the transit center offers laboratory and X-ray services.

• To enhance awareness of public health risks at the transit center, partners have disseminated RCCE materials from the RCCE TWG, validated by the Ministry of Health (MoH). Six informative posters on Hepatitis A and Cholera have been displayed, and 3000 leaflets on intestinal infections, botulism, and hepatitis A are being distributed by partners.

• Partners Medicos del Mundo (MdM Spain), PUI, and Stellar Ukraine mobile units are delivering primary health care and MHPSS services at 10 assessed collective sites. PUI has distributed hygiene and dignity kits to four different collective centers, along with specialized supplies for people with disabilities.

• The Health Cluster is collaborating with the Protection Cluster to address needs at collective centers, ensuring access to nearby health facilities and family doctors, and accessibility to facilities and information on health services for people with specific needs. Hostilities across Kharkivska Oblast continue unabated, with daily reports of civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure. Since 9 May, five attacks in Kharkiv city have claimed the lives of 18 people and injured at least 60.

• The Health Cluster is in regular contact with the Departement of Health to provide the necessary support to complement the authorities’ response. As of May 22, no additional needs have been communicated regarding the emergency response to missile attacks.

• The repeated attacks on energy infrastructure have severely impacted the power supply in Kharkivska Oblast, prompting suppliers to announce additional outages.