These blog posts are a compilation of Irwin’s op-eds, publications, media interviews, and a variety of other features.
Children are in trouble, and they need our help now. The Russian ground invasion and incessant artillery shelling have already caused the largest forced migration of civilians in Europe since the second WW II. No matter what other critical issues are demanding our attention, we must not forget how much Putin’s brutal war on Russian expansionism is harming Ukraine’s children and – the very future of Ukraine itself.
Ukraine's children are in trouble—and it's much more than their lives being at risk; it's the future of Ukraine itself. Children have been severely impacted by this unprovoked war. Hundreds of children have died in eastern or southern Ukraine since Feb. 24, and hundreds more have been injured – some severely.
Join Andy Revkin's Sustain What webcast to get the latest from Irwin Redlener, M.D., and Karen Redlener who is in Poland after his latest work in Lviv, Ukraine.
I wanted to share my latest op-ed in NBC News Think, about the critical need for ongoing support for Ukrainian children who have been displaced by war. That includes education and the psychosocial support needed to address the long-term and emotional toll of Russia’s deadly war.
Warsaw’s health and hospital systems are under serious stress, not to mention the need to find permanent housing and jobs for the new arrivals. And perhaps most significantly, we’re deeply concerned about the disrupted education and educational trajectories of children. Read about our suggestions and about our experience in Poland with the International Medical Corps.
