674 - An Update on Ukraine
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Just back from a trip to Kyiv, Human rights expert Len Rubenstein talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about what things are like on the day to day right now. He recounts meetings with officials and health care workers, and their stories ranging from some degree of normalcy and routine health care delivery to brutal attacks on facilities and workers. They also discuss the status of war crime prosecution, the critical need for sustained international support, and the presence of an unwavering sense of hope and optimism among Ukrainians. Content warning: this episode contains depictions of violence and torture.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, |
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| 0:31.1 | This is Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer of Public Health On Call. |
| 0:35.1 | Today, an update on Ukraine. Len Rubenstein is a human rights expert and |
| 0:41.0 | distinguished professor of the practice at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:46.0 | Just back from a trip to Kiev, he speaks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about his meetings with |
| 0:51.3 | health officials, what he learned about the attacks on health facilities, |
| 0:55.2 | and his impressions of the situation today. |
| 0:58.2 | A content warning that this episode contains depictions of violence and torture. |
| 1:03.6 | Let's listen. |
| 1:05.0 | Len Rubinstein, thank you so much for joining me today, just back from your trip to Ukraine. |
| 1:12.6 | Tell me about the trip. The trip was organized by a humanitarian health organization, Med Global, which |
| 1:19.6 | provides training and other forms of support for Ukrainian health professionals and the Ukrainian population. |
| 1:28.9 | This was a somewhat unusual trip, though, for an aid group because it was essentially a solidarity |
| 1:36.2 | trip to express support and learn from Ukrainians about their needs and how people in the |
| 1:42.8 | United States could be supportive. The group itself was |
| 1:46.5 | quite eclectic. It was health professionals, humanitarian, human rights activists, and clergy from |
| 1:52.7 | various religions. And because of the size and composition of the group and the fact that delegations |
| 1:59.7 | like this have not come to Ukraine. |
| 2:02.6 | We met with high-level officials, including deputy ministers of health and foreign affairs, |
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