| Reporting Organization: | Canadian Red Cross |
|---|---|
| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 1,828,695 |
| Timeframe: | June 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023 |
| Status: | Implementation |
| Contact Information: |
Pamela Riley [email protected] |
Unspecified
| Ukraine - $ 1,828,695.00 (100.00%) | |
| HIV (20.00 %) | |
| Infectious & Communicable Diseases (20.00 %) | |
| Secondary/Tertiary Health Care (20.00 %) | |
| Reproductive Health & Rights incl. Maternal Health (20.00 %) | |
| Non-Communicable Diseases (20.00 %) | |
The project provides support to people in Cherkasy and Poltava Oblasts in Ukraine, in the sectors of health, shelter, relief, and cash assistance. The support to the health sector is being done through three types of intervention: (i) mobile health units that provides primary health care services to communities where their access to fixed facilities have been hampered by the conflict, especially IDPs, (ii) home-based care using social workers to provide services to lonely people (mostly elderly) based on four criteria of dependency plus services for people with disability, and (iii) scaling up mental health and psychosocial support to patients at Lviv Hospital. The mobile health units and home based care interventions are implemented through the Ukrainian Red Cross Society.
| Gender and age: | Adolescent females Adolescent males Adult men Adult women Children, boys Children, girls Older adults, men Older adults, women |
|---|---|
| Total Direct Population: | Unspecified |
| 1 | Financial and technical support provided to URCS to expand primary health care services to remote communities through MHUs in Cherkasy and Poltava particularly to IDPs and people with disability |
| 2 | Financial and technical support provided to URCS to expand home-based care services to people living alone in remote communities in Cherkasy and Poltava including those in cumulative shelters, IDPs and people with disability |
| 3 | Financial support to Lviv Hospital to hire additional psychotherapists to provide mental health and psychosocial support to vulnerable people affected by the conflict |
By September 2023, nine mobile health units have been operating in the Cherkasy and Poltava Oblasts and have delivered primary health car services to 23,425 people (20,378 females) in 175 communities, of which almost 4,000 are IDPs and more than 60% are 60+ years of age. A beneficiary feedback survey was conducted in November 2022 assessing four criteria for the quality of service (ease of access, receiving the expected medical service, staff personal conduct, and operational hours; the overall satisfaction rate was 98%. Through home-based care, 258 elderly (192 females) received care through 30 social workers from their communities. Mobile health units have conducted more than 3,000 home visits to elderly and people with mobility issues. CRC’s operation funds additional 10 psychotherapists positions (up from three) at the Lviv Clinical Hospital of Emergency and Intensive Care. By August 2023, 1,282 patients have been served (988 males) with therapeutic mental health and psychosocial sessions. Among the 16 types of managed cases, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disturbances, stress management and anxiety account for two-thirds of the cases seen.
