Dialysis Patients – Refugees from Ukraine
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The Russian-Ukrainian war, which started in February 2022, posed an exceptionally high threat to approximately 10,000 Ukrainian dialysis patients due to disruptions in access to dialysis therapy in some parts of the country, and delayed delivery of drugs and equipment supplies. Many patients decided to leave Ukraine and sought further care in either neighboring or more distant countries.
In May-August 2022 the ERA Kidney Relief in Disasters Task Force conducted a survey on distribution, preparedness and management of adults requiring dialysis who were displaced due to the war. Original data of 602 patients were gathered.
This follow-up study may lead to a better understanding of the situation of this vulnerable population and may enable a more accurate response to the needs of these patients in the future.
This survey is addressed to dialysis centers which participated in the first ERA assessment with a request to report on any new patients, who were not reported in the first ERA survey.
Please answer this survey separately for all new patients which you have not reported in the first ERA survey.
Thank you for your time and commitment,
The members of the ERA Kidney Relief in Disasters Task Force