The European Academy of Paediatrics is following the events in Ukraine. From the first day of the war the President of the EAP Prof. Adamos Hadjipanayis, the members of the Executive Committee and the national representatives of the EAP member countries have been in constant direct contact with the Board of the Ukrainian Academy of Pediatric Specialties. And it`s not only an interest in events, it is a sincere desire to help.

In the first days of the war, the organization signed a call for the protection of children’s rights in Ukraine, and after the unexpected escalation of the conflict and increasing rate of children in war victims members of EAP signed a call to close the sky over Ukraine.
The issues of medical care for Ukrainian children in European countries, help for Ukrainian doctors and nurses is constantly discussed in the EAP chat and e-mail correspondence. The European Academy of Pediatrics has provided a € 10,000 humanitarian grant to its Ukrainian counterparts and has announced on its website a fundraiser for humanitarian aid to Ukrainian children.

A podcast recently recorded by journalist Andrew Lansley of the LOW news agency recently appeared on the EAP website. In the podcast with LOW the President of the Ukrainian Academy of Pediatric Specialties Prof. Marina Mamenko reports on the situation of children, details the lack of drugs and infrastructure that doctors are facing.

The full text of the interview can be found on Youtube or listened to on Spotify.