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Three-quarters of medical facilities in Mariupol sustained damage during Russia’s siege of 2022

01.15.25 | PLOS

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Three-quarters of medical facilities in Mariupol sustained damage during Russia’s siege of 2022
Fig 2. Damage to the Mariupol Maternity Hospital consistent with direct impact from bombardment. Mariupol Maternity Hospital on March 18, 2022 (left) and March 29, 2022 (right). Republished from Maxar Technologies Inc. under a CC BY license, with permission from the US Department of State, original copyright ©2022 MAXAR. Credit: Image Credit: Poole et al., 2025, PLOS Global Public Health, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Three-quarters of medical facilities in Mariupol sustained damage during Russia’s siege of 2022, with some evidence that the attacks may have been intentionally targeted, per study using satellite imagery.

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0003950

Article Title: The effect of conflict on damage to medical facilities in Mariupol, Ukraine: a quasi-experimental study

Author Countries: Germany, United States

Funding: This work was supported by the US State Department's Conflict Observatory in the form of a grant (GR122699 to KK, NAR, and DNP) and the Yale School of Public Health Rapid Response Award in the form of an award (to KK, NAR, and DNP). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS Global Public Health

10.1371/journal.pgph.0003950

15-Jan-2025

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Image Analysis Medical Facilities Public Health

Article Information

Journal
PLOS Global Public Health
DOI
10.1371/journal.pgph.0003950
Article Publication Date
2025-01-15
COI Statement
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Charlotte Bhaskar
PLOS
mjpress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2025, January 15). Three-quarters of medical facilities in Mariupol sustained damage during Russia’s siege of 2022. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/19NEMDR1/three-quarters-of-medical-facilities-in-mariupol-sustained-damage-during-russias-siege-of-2022.html
MLA:
"Three-quarters of medical facilities in Mariupol sustained damage during Russia’s siege of 2022." Brightsurf News, Jan. 15 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/19NEMDR1/three-quarters-of-medical-facilities-in-mariupol-sustained-damage-during-russias-siege-of-2022.html.