TY - JOUR
T1 - The spoils of war and the long-term spoiling of health conditions of entire nations
AU - Navarese, Eliano P.
AU - Grzelakowska, Klaudyna
AU - Mangini, Francesco
AU - Kubica, Jacek
AU - Banach, Maciej
AU - Benn, Marianne
AU - Binder, Christoph J.
AU - Borén, Jan
AU - Catapano, Alberico
AU - Kronenberg, Florian
AU - Mallat, Ziad
AU - Moulin, Philippe
AU - Öörni, Katariina
AU - Ray, Kausik K.
AU - Roeters van Lennep, Jeanine E.
AU - Romeo, Stefano
AU - Tokgozoglu, Lale
AU - von Eckardstein, Arnold
AU - Zambon, Alberto
AU - Raggi, Paolo
N1 - Funding Information:
No funding was received for this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/7/1
Y1 - 2022/7/1
N2 - The healthcare system of Ukraine was already suffering from several shortfalls before February 2022, but the war of aggression started by the Russian leadership is poised to inflict a further severe blow that will have long-lasting consequences for the health of all Ukrainians. In pre-war Ukraine, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) contributed to 91% of deaths, especially cardiovascular diseases (67%). Ukrainians have a high prevalence of risk factors for NCDs ranking among the highest levels reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the European (EU) Region. Cardiovascular disease is one of the key health risks for the conflict-affected Ukrainian population due to significant limitations in access to health care and interruptions in the supply of medicines and resources. The excess mortality observed during the COVID-19 pandemic, due to a combination of viral illness and chronic disease states, is bound to increase exponentially from poorly treated NCDs. In this report, we discuss the impact of the war on the public health of Ukraine and potential interventions to provide remote health assistance to the Ukrainian population.
AB - The healthcare system of Ukraine was already suffering from several shortfalls before February 2022, but the war of aggression started by the Russian leadership is poised to inflict a further severe blow that will have long-lasting consequences for the health of all Ukrainians. In pre-war Ukraine, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) contributed to 91% of deaths, especially cardiovascular diseases (67%). Ukrainians have a high prevalence of risk factors for NCDs ranking among the highest levels reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the European (EU) Region. Cardiovascular disease is one of the key health risks for the conflict-affected Ukrainian population due to significant limitations in access to health care and interruptions in the supply of medicines and resources. The excess mortality observed during the COVID-19 pandemic, due to a combination of viral illness and chronic disease states, is bound to increase exponentially from poorly treated NCDs. In this report, we discuss the impact of the war on the public health of Ukraine and potential interventions to provide remote health assistance to the Ukrainian population.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85130936728
U2 - 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.05.012
DO - 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.05.012
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 35644760
AN - SCOPUS:85130936728
SN - 0021-9150
VL - 352
SP - 76
EP - 79
JO - Atherosclerosis
JF - Atherosclerosis
ER -
