Help Ukraine Gothenburg (HUG) Receives Award from CICE at Linnaeus University

Help Ukraine Gothenburg (HUG) has been honoured with an award from the Centre for Interprofessional Collaboration within Emergency Care (CICE) at Linnaeus University.

The award was presented at the CICE Conference 2025 in Växjö. The conference brought together clinicians, teachers, and researchers to advance emergency care through collaboration across professions and organizations.  

This year's theme was "Civil Preparedness" — exploring how different sectors can work together to strengthen resilience and save lives in times of crisis.

Ukraine's healthcare system faces unprecedented challenges — hospitals and ambulance services operate under constant threat, with medical facilities targeted and equipment destroyed. In this context, every ambulance, every piece of medical equipment, every trained professional makes a difference in saving lives.

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, HUG has been working to support Ukraine's emergency medical system by delivering ambulances and critical medical equipment. What started as a grassroots response has grown into a coordinated effort that brings together healthcare professionals, logisticians, emergency services, and volunteers from multiple countries.  

Each ambulance we send represents countless hours of work from people with different expertise united by one goal.

This recognition from CICE speaks to the power of that collaboration. Emergency care doesn't stop at borders, and neither does the willingness of people to help. When professionals from different backgrounds and countries work together, they can achieve what seems impossible alone.

A special thank you to Professor Carina Elmqvist and Associate Professor Anders Svensson from CICE, and to Linnaeus University for this honour. We are grateful to every partner, volunteer, and supporter who makes this vital work possible.

We continue standing with Ukraine.

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦