attack or any act of verbal or physical violence, threat of violence or other psychological violence, or obstruction that interferes with the availability, access, and delivery of health services. but they said they had verified 703 incidents of this kind. officials saying, though, in terms of those figures, it s not up to them to define whether those attacks might have been deliberate or not or indeed who may have committed them. but i think a further message, overall, today of the concern about the onset of winter and the impact it could have on people across ukraine, both in the regions occupied by russian forces and those that are not. every year 200,000 babies are born with club foot, which means they have twisted feet. early diagnosis and treatment yields the best results. but in developing countries, lack of access to treatment leaves many people unable
half of ukraine s energy infrastructure is either damaged or destroyed. this is already having knock on effects on the health system and on the people s health. put simply, this winter will be about survival. let s put that into context now here s our correspondent in kyiv, jessica parker. so the world health organization today said that they had verified 703 attacks on health infrastructure in ukraine since the war began. worth noting, though, that their definition of attack is quite broad. so according to the world health organization, they define it as any act of verbal or physical violence, threat of violence or other psychological violence or obstruction that interferes with the availability, access and delivery of health care. now, what officials are saying is that these attacks, as they put them, include to health services, medical supplies as well,
with the availability, access, and delivery of health services. but they said they had verified 703 incidents of this kind. officials saying, though, in terms of those figures, it s not up to them to define whether those attacks might have been deliberate or not or indeed who may have committed them. but i think a further message, overall, today of the concern about the onset of winter and the impact it could have on people across ukraine, both in the region is occupied by russian forces and those that are not. the regions. every year, 200,000 babies are born with club foot, which means they have twisted feet. early diagnosis and treatment yields the best results. but in developing countries, lack of access leaves many people unable to walk without pain. and senegal, were only 20% of cases get treated, experts have
damage to our energy network by the attacks of russian terrorists is so significant that all of our people and businesses should be very frugal and try to spread consumption across the day. let s put that into context now here s our correspondent in kyiv, jessica parker. of course, temperatures here are getting colder, and that s something that the world health organization was pointing to, especially because of the damage there has been to energy infrastructure, energy needed, of course, for vital health care services. and as well with plummeting temperatures and people less able, potentially, to heat their homes, there are warnings as well that people could be more vulnerable to certain conditions. but they used some pretty strong language in this world health organization briefing. hans kluge, who s the who s europe regional director, was talking about figures that he said the un agency had verified of 703 attacks on health infrastructure since the war began. now, the who s defini
regional director, who s in kyiv. this winter will be life threatening for millions of people in ukraine. the devastating energy crisis, the deepening mental health emergency, constraints on humanitarian access and the risk of viral infections will make this winter a formidable test for the ukraine health system and the ukraine people but also for the world and its commitment to support ukraine. the country is facing a permacrisis on top of a permacrisis, brought on by the war and the pandemic. half of ukraine s energy infrastructure is either damaged or destroyed. this is already having knock on effects on the health system and on the people s health. put simply this winter will be about survival. more on that speech by dr hans kluge. he said that the who had verified 703 attacks on health infrastructure since russia invaded