European Dental Hygienists express solidarity with Oral Health Teams and all people in Ukraine

18 Mei 2022
European Dental Hygienists express solidarity with Oral Health Teams and all people in Ukraine
The European Dental Hygienists Federation (EDHF) are deeply shocked and saddened by the
Russian attack on Ukraine. We sympathize with all residents of Ukraine and all fellow sufferers
around the world. There was and is no reason to justify this attack on a sovereign country, on
Ukraine.

Where in the world, countries and people are overrun, where brutal force is chosen and
dialogue stops, all borders are crossed. This is not what we stand for. EDHF cannot keep silent
even though we are dumbfounded This war is having a huge impact on Public Health
(including oral health) in Ukraine and also in the whole of Europe. We are also concerned
about the rising wave of refugees all over Europe and about the impact of the attacks on
hospitals and the healthcare workforce. We declare full solidarity with the (oral) health teams
in Ukraine and with all the innocent people of this embattled country. Targeting the most
vulnerable - babies, children, pregnant women, the sick - is an act of immoral cruelty.

Violence can never be a solution in a conflict and we strongly condemn it. We hope that this
terrible situation will soon come to an end and that violence and abuse on human rights will
stop.