The Osmosis team is deeply concerned about the situation in Ukraine and that is why Elsevier is offering free Osmosis access to those affected. We are also listing other organizations helping in this uneasy situation.
News, videos, and images coming from Ukraine are heartbreaking, and we stand in support of our learners and colleagues from the healthcare community who are impacted by these events. We are deeply concerned for our global community, and many of us have loved ones around the world, including Ukraine and other affected areas. Our thoughts are with all Ukrainians in their homeland and those with ties to the region.
Together, Elsevier and the other three divisions of RELX, are partnering with UNICEF and Red Cross. This will help scale-up efforts to protect millions of children and families from immediate danger, providing much-needed funds to help UNICEF transport safe water to conflict-affected areas, providing health and emergency education supplies as close as possible to communities near the line of contact, providing psychosocial care, and working with municipalities to ensure there is immediate help for children and families in need. Additionally, it will help provide food and warm clothing, first aid training for those on the ground, transfer people to the hospital and provide medical supplies to healthcare facilities in need in Ukraine and bordering countries receiving Ukrainians fleeing the conflict.
Free access
To support medical students and professionals in Ukraine, Elsevier provided free access to ClinicalKey, Complete Anatomy, and Osmosis from March 2022 – August 2023.
Now, affected learners and professionals in the region will automatically receive access upon logging in to Osmosis, based on their location within Ukraine. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to [email protected].
Organizations supporting Ukraine
We encourage others to get involved in whatever way they feel inclined. Time, NPR, and Washington Post have shared a list of organizations that support Ukraine and the people affected by the crisis:
- UNICEF supports health, nutrition, HIV prevention, education, safe drinking water, sanitation, and protection for children and families caught in the conflict in Ukraine: https://www.unicef.org/
- Tarjimly is a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of refugees and the efficiency of humanitarian services by eliminating language barriers. Osmosis’s Medical Education Fellowship program partners with Tarjimly to connect volunteer interpreters all over the world to refugees and humanitarian services that need on-demand translation: https://www.tarjimly.org/
- Médecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders works with local volunteers, organizations, healthcare professionals, and local authorities to help people travel to healthcare facilities and works to ensure people have access to health care and medicine.: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/who-we-are/principles
- Voices of Children is a Ukraine-based aid organization that helps war-affected children with psychological and psychosocial support: https://voices.org.ua/en/
- Sunflower of Peace is a non-profit organization preparing first aid medical tactical backpacks for paramedics and doctors on the frontlines: https://www.facebook.com/sunflowerofpeace/
- International Committee of the Red Cross helps people affected by the conflict and support the work of the Ukrainian Red Cross: https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/europe-central-asia/ukraine
- Save the Children delivers lifesaving aid to vulnerable children in Ukraine and around the world: https://www.savethechildren.org/
- UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) aims to provide emergency assistance to families in Ukraine — providing aid such as cash assistance and opportunities for resettlement in the U.S.: https://www.unrefugees.org/what-we-do/
- CARE is raising money to provide immediate aid including food, water, hygiene kits, support services, and direct cash assistance to Ukrainians: https://www.care.org/
- International Medical Corps is delivering primary health care and mental health services in Ukraine: https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/
- World Central Kitchen serves chef-prepared meals to communities impacted by natural disasters and during prolonged humanitarian crises: https://wck.org/
- Razom for Ukraine is a non-profit organization focused on purchasing medical supplies: https://razomforukraine.org/
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