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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2022

The impact of the war on maintenance of long-term therapies in Ukraine.

Nataliia Khanyk, Bohdan Hromovyk, Oksana Levytska, Tamas Agh, Björn Wettermark, Przemyslaw Kardas

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Nataliia KhanykUppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden.
Bohdan HromovykDanylo Halytsky Lviv, National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine.
Oksana LevytskaDanylo Halytsky Lviv, National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine.
Tamas AghSyreon Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary.
Björn WettermarkUppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden.
Przemyslaw KardasDepartment of Family Medicine, Medication Adherence Research Centre, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University · UAUppsala University · SEMedical University of Lodz · PLSyreon Research Institute (Hungary)

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to the Russian invasion, which started on 24 February 2022, the Ukrainian healthcare system is facing multiple challenges. A great number of healthcare facilities have been destroyed, while availability of other ones is often limited due to a lack of qualified medical staff. Certain services, e.g. cancer therapies, have been seriously disrupted. Moreover, millions of Ukrainians with chronic conditions are also suffering as due to war-related problems with execution of their long-term therapies. Availability of drugs is particularly limited in the occupied regions. According to the national statistics, as of 18 August 2022, about 505 pharmacies were damaged in Eastern Ukraine and 47 completely ruined. Moreover, the invaders have been blocking humanitarian aid provided to these territories by the Ukrainian government or other countries. Fortunately, in the areas controlled by the Government of Ukraine, the acute shortage of medicines, observed at the beginning of the war, has already been eliminated. Nevertheless, not all drugs are now fully available, even in the areas where no military attacks occur. The economic availability of drugs is also profoundly influenced by the significant increase in the cost of medications and the fall in average salaries. The Government of Ukraine is trying to minimise the impact of these war-related challenges by adopting a new legislation. This includes, among others, simplification of procedures for licensing, quality control and import of medicinal products to Ukraine. Other measures involve securing displaced people with the option of benefiting from local healthcare facilities, broadening the scope of the ePrescription system, authorizing primary care doctors to issue prescriptions to refugees, increasing the number of drugs reimbursed for long-term therapies,

Indexed as

armed conflicts (MeSH)disaster medicinedisaster pharmacyhealthcare systemlong-term therapymedicinesUkrainewar

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PMID36506505
PMCPMC9731218
OpenAlexW4309920829

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