Courtney Haas – Denver Colorado … Through support and donations from Colorado-based Global Health Initiatives and AdventHealth, in partnership had been growing with Clinica Angelia, an Adventist clinic in Kyiv, Ukraine. This allows purchase of medical supplies and vehicles to serve as mobile health clinics, providing care to Ukrainians that have been impacted since the start of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Since 2020, the growing partnership with Clinica Angelia, provided resources and inpatient service upgrades throughout the pandemic, allowing Clinica Angelia to care for COVID-19 patients.
The mobile health clinics have been essential in providing care to hundreds of Ukrainians that have been impacted and displaced since the start of the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022.
The mobile clinics can support various specialties and care services including, a family practice doctor, ultrasound specialist, cardiologist, dermatologist, gastroenterologist, Psychotherapist, Chiropractor, ENT physician, and laboratory – for blood and urine tests.
Additionally, the Clinica Angelia personnel tell us that thanks to our assistance, they were able to purchase a portable ultrasound machine in June 2022 for an additional OB/GYN mobile unit. In the last two months, the new ultrasound machine has been able to help physicians detect early signs of cancer in more than 10 patients!
Clinica Angelia plans to convert additional vehicles into a dental mobile office and a mobile pharmacy van, further extending the care to patients throughout the country.
“In this time of conflict in Ukraine, the ability to provide mobile clinics and services is incredibly powerful, and we continue to provide resources and support to our partners at Clinica Angelia as they serve the needs of the Ukrainian people,” explains Greg Hodgson, GHI director.
In addition to the support in Ukraine, the GHI team continues to support partners around the world and will be leading clinical mission trips again in 2023.
Global Health Initiatives (GHI) works to improve lives around the world by providing high quality health care in collaboration with international partners to strengthen health systems in developing countries.
—Courtney Haas is development officer for Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation, at [email protected].
