• UNITING FOR HEALTH
    How the Health Cluster is Pioneering Collaborative Humanitarian Responses Across Ukraine
  • FROM CRISIS TO CARE
    Transforming Challenges into Lifesaving Support with the Health Cluster Ukraine

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Activity Timeline & Achievements

Navigating the Health Crisis in Ukraine, A Chronicle of Collaboration and Resilience in the Face of Adversity

Rapid deterioration of the Humanitarian situation following an escalation of conflict (previously in the east of the country).

WAR ESCALATION Feb 2022

Health partners scale-up existing of life-saving operations in the east and expanded assistance to all regions of Ukraine.

SERVICE DELIVERY SCALE UP Mar 2022

Health Cluster partners reported addressing the most urgent health needs of 9.4M people.

UKRAINE FLASH APPEAL Mar-Dec 2022

Establishing Dnipro, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Lviv, Kyiv hubs to ensure proximity to the people in need, local authorities, and partners.

COORDINATION DECENTRALIZATION

SAG of 11 members comprising UN agencies, international and national NGOs, established to provide overall strategic direction for the Health Cluster

STRATEGIC ADVISORY GROUP SAG

11 Technical Working Groups and a CVA for Health Task Team established to ensure continuous technical guidance and support to partners in the response.

TECHNICAL QUALITY OF RESPONSE

Health Cluster membership application launched to foster transparency and accountability to the MoH.

INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE RESPONSE Dec 2022

NGO co-coordination in Kharkiv (IRC), Kyiv (IMC), Lviv (PUI) to balance perspectives in operational response by partners and local authorities and provide an opportunity for meaningful involvement in co-leading the response.

BALANCING LEADERSHIP Dec 2022

health Leadership (with CLA) in informing country health needs (HNO) and developing the shared vision of how to respond to the needs of the affected population (HRP). 14.6 M people in need - 7.9M targeted - 7.8 M reached.

HEALTH RESPONSE STRATEGIC PLANNING Feb 2023

$20 M mobilized for 13 partners in the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF) to implement the humanitarian response plan.

MOBILIZING RESOURCES FOR THE HEALTH RESPONSE 2023

Transitioned from the 5W XLS to ActivityInfo platform to enhance coordination through better data, visualization, and dashboards.

ENHANCING DATA FOR COORDINATION Mar 2023

Emergency Preparedness Plan endorsed by MOH and CDM for a timely response in providing needed medical services in hotspots in Ukraine.

RESPONSE READINESS May 2023

38 Health Cluster partners responded to the Khakhova dam collapse in Khersonska and Dnipropetrovska, providing integrated PHC, MHPSS, lifesaving medications, medical commodities, and water and hygiene products to health facilities.

KAKHOVKA DAM RESPONSE Jun 2023

Health Cluster partners joined up to coordinate the delivery of primary health care, psychological first aid, and psychosocial support to 1,139 people relocated from intensified hostilities in the northern and eastern parts of Kharkivska.

KHARKIV RELOCATION RESPONSE Aug 2023

Published the PHSA to promote a common understanding of the public health situation in Ukraine to help guide response planning. 

PUBLIC HEALTH SITUTION ANALYSIS Mar/Apr/Aug 2022; May/Dec 2023

Online dashboard launched to facilitate public access to the cluster’s database of all available assessments and related resources relevant to the Ukraine health response.  

ASSESSMENT TRACKER Aug 2023

Health Cluster team and 40 partners met to discuss results of the annual survey that identifies strengths and weaknesses of coordination and pathways to improvement.  

CLUSTER COORDINATION PERFOMANCE MONITORING WORKSHOP Nov 2023

Health Cluster nominated a new SAG to provide strategic direction in the evolving context and enable decision-making on behalf of the wider cluster membership. Portfolio of technical working groups revised from 11 to six, and three task teams.  

STRATEGIC REORIENTATION Nov 2023

Launched the Health Cluster's narratives and objectives, aligning them with the most up-to-date humanitarian health needs and requirements in Ukraine - 7.8M people in need – 3.8M people targeted.  

HUMANITARIAN NEEDS & RESPONSE PLAN Dec 2023

Following the intensification of airstrikes on 29 December 2023, an estimated 1,504 persons have been reached with humanitarian health assistance by Health Cluster partners working in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health.  

WINTER ATTACKS RESPONSE

Health cluster mobilized an estimated $10 million on behalf of 12 partners to provide critical lifesaving assistance to vulnerable populations in hard-to-reach locations and with severe, extreme, and catastrophic needs as highlighted in the 2024 HNRP.  

UHF 2024 FIRST STANDARD ALLOCATION Feb 2024

Through WHO as CLA and the WHO SSA Platform verified 1,575 attacks on hospitals, health workers, and other medical infrastructure since the escalation of war in 2022.  

ATTACKS ON HEALTH CARE

Health Cluster partners (including WHO) participated since April 2022 in 140 inter-agency convoys to deliver assistance for basic health needs in high-risk and hard-to-reach area.  

INTERAGENCY CONVOYS

Our Donors

Our Partners

  • Your Support Charitable Fund
  • World Telehealth Initiative
  • World of Future
  • Wide Awake International
  • Way Home
  • Vyhid Ye Cheritable Organization
  • United Nations Population Fund
  • United Nations Office for Project Services
  • United Nations Development Programme
  • United Nations Children's Fund
  • Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health
  • Ukraine Assistance Organization
  • UK-Med
  • UK-Med
  • UA Brokers Without Borders
  • The Alliance for International Medical Action
  • TBpeopleUkraine
  • TB Europe Coalition
  • Tabletochki Charity Foundation
  • STEP-IN Project
  • St. Panteleimon Charitable Foundation
  • SOS Civil Defense Headquarters
  • Solidarity Fund PL
  • Soleterre
  • Samaritan's Purse
  • Road to Relief
  • Revival Institute for Future
  • Razom
  • Proliska
  • Project HOPE
  • Premiere Urgence Internationale
  • Polish Medical Mission
  • Peace Winds Japan
  • CAMZ
  • LUkraine
  • ICF NovaUkraine / БО МБФ "Нова Юкрейн"
  • Zaporuka Foundation
  • National Agency for Humanitarian Aid ZDOROVI
  • Modern Village and Town
  • Mission Kharkiv
  • Migrant Offshore Aid Station
  • MENTOR Initiative
  • Mental Health Service
  • Medicos del Mundo Spain
  • Medical Teams International
  • MedGlobal
  • Medecins du Monde Greece
  • Medecins du Monde Germany
  • Medecins du Monde France
  • Medair
  • Malteser Lviv
  • Malteser International
  • Light of Hope Charity
  • League of Modern Women
  • Global Response Medicine
  • INTERSOS
  • International Rescue Committee
  • International Organization for Migration
  • International Medical Corps
  • International Medical Care
  • Institute of Public Health
  • Information and Analytical Center of the International Society for Human Rights 
  • Infection Control in Ukraine
  • Hungarian Interchurch Aid
  • Hilfswerk International
  • Help - Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe e.V.
  • HealthRight International
  • Global Response Medicine
  • From Person to Person
  • Frida Charitable Organization
  • FHI 360
  • Enlightening Initiative
  • Doctors with Africa CUAMM
  • Doctors for Human Rights
  • Corus International
  • Community Self-Help
  • Club Future
  • Cesvi Fondazione Onlus
  • CARE Ukraine
  • Blagomay Charity Fund
  • Angelia Charity Fund
  • Americares
  • Alliance for Public Health
  • AirLight
  • AICM Ukraine
  • Action Against Hunger
  • 280 Days
  • 100% Life Zaporizhzhia
  • 100% Life Rivne
  • 100% Life Odesa
  • 100% Life Dniprov Region
  • 100% Life Cherkasy