Episode 18 - Piotr Kramarz - Aiding Ukrainian Refugees in Poland

ECDC: On Air

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

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5 • 3 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode, we speak with Dr Piotr Kramarz as he discusses his recent field mission to Poland, and working with the Polish health authorities to assist the large numbers of Ukrainian refugees.

You can find more information about ECDC's on the Ukrainian crisis here and here.

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0:00.0	ECDC on air.
0:05.2	The podcast of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
0:09.3	Keeping up to date with European epidemiology.
0:14.4	Hello, my name is Nicholas and I'm your host for today's episode of ECDC on air,
0:19.7	which is the podcast for the European
0:21.0	Center for Disease Prevention and Control. In this episode, I'm talking to Pieter Kramash,
0:26.2	who is ECDEC's deputy chief scientist. He has recently returned from a two-week field
0:30.6	mission to Poland, where it's been part of a group led by Gigi Echo, which is the European
0:35.6	Commission's Directorate for Civil Protection
0:37.5	and Humanitarian Aid.
0:39.4	The main purpose of this mission in Poland is to provide support to Poland in receiving
0:43.3	refugees.
0:44.9	You will hear more about Piotr's experiences there, what the situation is for Ukrainian refugees
0:49.5	that have fled to Poland, and what ECDC is doing to assist EU member states that are receiving Ukrainian refugees.
1:10.0	Hello and welcome, Piotr. Welcome to ECDC on air.
1:13.4	Hello. Nice to have you here. You're just back from a two-week field mission to Poland. Can you
1:18.7	start by telling us a little bit about the overall purpose of this DG Echo mission that you
1:23.6	were part of and what it does? Indeed, I and my colleague Julian Botte from ECDC, we were part of what it does. Indeed, I and my colleague Julian Botte from ECDC, we were part of the Union Civil Protection Team,
1:34.3	set up by DG ECHO.
1:36.3	And the purpose of the team was, the main purpose was the coordination of the flow of donated goods to Ukraine and partially also to Poland.
1:48.4	So the team established very effectively in collaboration with the Polish Agency for Strategic
1:55.4	Reserves, a route of transportation of goods, donated goods to Ukraine.
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