640 - Inside the Humanitarian Response to the Destruction of Ukraine's Kakhovka Dam
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
In early June, a major Ukranian hydroelectric dam was destroyed. The situation is incredibly complex with widespread fallout and the potential for long-term public health risks. WHO incident manager Dr. Heather Papowitz talks with Stephanie Desmon about why the situation is so precarious, what the major concerns are, and how humanitarian efforts are coordinated and prioritized.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, |
| 0:05.9 | where we bring evidence, experience, and perspective to make sense of today's leading health challenges. |
| 0:16.3 | If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health question at jh. |
| 0:22.6 | That's public health question at jh.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:29.6 | This is Lindsay Smith Rogers. |
| 0:33.6 | How are the people faring who lived near the major Ukrainian hydroelectric dam that was |
| 0:39.0 | destroyed in early June? The answers are complicated. Today, Stephanie Desmond talks to Dr. Heather |
| 0:45.8 | Popowitz, a WHO incident manager for the region, about the immediate public health risks for those |
| 0:52.0 | who rely on the dam and the long-term ones. |
| 0:55.4 | Let's listen. |
| 0:57.1 | Heather Papowitz, thanks so much for joining me. |
| 0:59.7 | Thank you. |
| 1:00.1 | It's a real pleasure to be here. |
| 1:01.6 | Thanks for inviting me. |
| 1:02.7 | So I wanted to talk to you today about the public health situation in Ukraine. |
| 1:06.5 | But most specifically, we've all read about how in June a major hydroelectric dam in Ukraine was destroyed. |
| 1:15.1 | And I'm curious what the health effects have been since then. |
| 1:19.0 | Great. |
| 1:19.6 | Thank you. |
| 1:19.9 | And good question. |
| 1:21.1 | First, I want to talk a bit about the complexity of the situation. |
| 1:24.0 | And that really impacts the public health risks and the ability to respond. |
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