The World from PRX

A man presses a paper with the red cross on it against the windshield of a bus as civilians are evacuated from Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

Russia attacks Ukraine’s medical system

Full Episode

A man presses a paper with the red cross on it against the windshield of a bus as civilians are evacuated from Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2022.

Vadim Ghirda/AP

Fighting in Ukraine is taking a toll on the country’s health system. Shortages of medical supplies are reported, and an air strike on a maternity hospital in the port city of Mariupol on Wednesday highlighted the danger to health facilities. Also, the COVID-19 pandemic was declared two years ago on March 11, 2020. We hear about how life around the world has changed — or hasn’t — since then. And former US Marine Trevor Reed has been in detention in Russia since 2019 on charges of police assault. His family believes his detention was purely political — and that Russian authorities are using him essentially as a hostage.

In This Episode

Ukraine’s medical system under fire
Pandemic at year 2: Lessons learned from how the virus spread
Israel, Russia, Ukraine
At the La Perseverancia market in Bogotá, Colombia customers have noticed that prices for many foods are increasing. With the war in Ukraine, inflation could get worse.
For developing countries, the war in Ukraine means even higher food prices
Special Coverage
Postcards from around the world reflect on how life has changed 2 years into the pandemic
2 years in, assessing the global response to the pandemic 
man on beach
Ukrainian, Russian tourists stranded abroad
Special Coverage
South Korea’s election — and implications for the world