These horrific attacks are killing and causing serious injuries to patients and health workers, destroying vital health infrastructure and forcing thousands to forgo accessing health services despite catastrophic needs.
"To attack the most vulnerable – babies, children, pregnant women, and those already suffering from illness and disease, and health workers risking their own lives to save lives – is an act of unconscionable cruelty.
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“在乌克兰，自战争开始以来，通过袭击医疗机构事件世卫组织监测系统记录了31起袭击医疗机构的事件。
“In Ukraine, since the start of the war, 31 attacks on health care have been documented via the WHO’s Surveillance System for Attacks on Health Care (SSA).
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根据这些报告，在24起事件中，卫生保健设施遭到破坏或摧毁，在5起事件中，救护车遭到破坏或摧毁。
According to these reports, in 24 incidents health care facilities were damaged or destroyed, while in five cases ambulances were damaged or destroyed.
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这些袭击已导致至少12人死亡，34人受伤，并影响了基本卫生服务的获得和提供。
These attacks have led to at least 12 deaths and 34 injuries, and affected access to and availability of essential health services.
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世卫组织正在核实进一步的报告，因为尽管呼吁保护医疗机构，但仍有袭击事件的报告。
WHO is verifying further reports, as attacks continue to be reported despite the calls for protection of health care.
“Attacks on health care and health workers directly impact people’s ability to access essential health services – especially women, children and other vulnerable groups.
We have already seen that the health care needs of pregnant women, new mothers, younger children and older people inside Ukraine are rising, while access to services is being severely limited by the violence.