Pregnant refugees during the first days of Russian invasion of Ukraine

A high number of refugees are coming into the territory of the neighbouring countries because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Almost all of them are women and children. It is also not surprising that many of them are pregnant. Przemyśl is a Polish town near the Polish-Ukrainian border and is currently the essential evacuation route for people fleeing Ukraine. Between 24 February and 10 March 2022, a total of 712 244 people, including 653 882 women and children, crossed the border. Up to 7240 women required medical support, 286 were hospitalised and 74 were pregnant. The leading causes of hospitalisation were deliveries (n=7), bleeding in pregnancy (32), threatening preterm delivery (n=12), pregnancy hypertension spectrum (n=8) and others (n=15). The poor health of refugees, leaving their country in a rush, should be mentioned.1 The adverse influences of the war on pregnant women and the higher occurrence of pregnancy complications...
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Tags: Letters to the editor Source Type: research