Addressing the urgent health needs of the population affected by the armed conflict in Ukraine Due to the conflict started the 24th of February 2022, the situation in Ukraine has changed dramatically. In terms of health the scope of needs has changed completely. Geographically, the conflict line in the Donbas region has moved and unfortunately new conflict areas have appeared these facts have created new areas of intervention. Thematically, massive new health needs have emerged due to the open conflict.    
 
At this moment the organization is active in the following areas: the Donbas region through its field offices of Bahkmut and Sievierodonetsk, in the Eastern and central region through its field office in Dnipro and in the Western region through its field office in Chernivtsi additionally, some staff members are working remotely from different cities identifying health needs across Ukraine.
 
MdM’s teams started working since the conflict’s inception in three components with the aim of addressing the urgent health needs of the population, displaced and non-displaced, affected by the armed conflict in Ukraine. These lines constitute the framework of this project, namely:
 
1.	The provision of emergency and non-emergency health items to health facilities (primary and secondary) to ensure the continuation of services and to IDPs’ collective centres or transitional hubs to ensure access to health.  MdM’s teams are assessing and delivering already the most needed emergency items in terms of medicines, consumables and equipment to avoid the disruption of services in the areas where they have presence.  
 
2.	The provision of basic health services, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), to the non-displaced conflict affected population of the Donbas’ Region and to internally displaced population in Dnipro and Chernivtsi.  MdM is establishing operations in both directions – with mobile units (visiting collective centers and transitional hubs in Dnipro and Chernivtsi) and fixed clinics (for instance, fixed MHPSS clinic in Chernivtsi). 

Consisting on the support of displaced population in collective centres and transitional hubs and to non-displaced populations through mobile units covering general, SRH and MHPSS, and the donation of kits, such as maternity kits, and basic medication.
 
3.	The scaling up of the logistical capacity of the organization to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid in its areas of intervention either for MdM or other organizations not present in the field.  
 
In this sense the organization has readjusted its procurement department to continue acquiring medical supplies inside Ukraine, nearby countries and internationally has readjusted its field bases opening new ones in Romania, Chernivtsy and Dnipro to guarantee the supply chain and the timely delivery of goods to the Donbas and Western and Eastern Ukraine and has opened a humanitarian corridor between Ukraine and Romania to guarantee the timely delivery of goods.
 
This proposal will allow to scale up the first activity line, thanks to the procurement of drugs, consumables and materials to cover the most urgent needs of the centers in the area of intervention. To support the collective centers and transitional hubs under current project MdM will also provide donations to such places with medical side – maternity kits, hygiene and NFI items. Additionally, cash and voucher support will be given to ensure access to health services among displaced women and men. 

Under the current project MdM aims to provide emergency essential assistance in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhya and Chernivtsi oblasts.