Slovakia

If you are coming from Ukraine, the Slovak Government has established an official website with useful information and important contacts in English, Ukrainian and Slovak: https://ua.gov.sk/en.html
Other useful information and contacts can be found in English, Ukrainian, Slovak, Russian at: http://www.ukraineslovakia.sk/
Updates
Katka Stepankova from the Slovak Cystic Fibrosis Association helps families with CF leaving Ukraine at the Slovak border. She also helps to provide medicines. She is looking for families in Slovakia who can help people with rare diseases fleeing the war.
Poland

The Polish government has established a phone line +48 47 721 75 75, e-mail ukraina@udsc.gov.pl and an official website https://www.gov.pl/web/ua with information and resources for Ukrainians.
Are you fleeing the war and looking for help? Do you want to help refugees? - PomagamUkrainie.gov.pl enables coordination of humanitarian aid. It is a tool for people in need of aid, as well as organisations and individuals interested in providing it. Support will be provided from the Government Strategic Reserve Agency and other state institutions, as well as from local government, social and private funds.
Medical assistance helpline (free of charge) - 800 137 200 First contact assistance in UA, EN and PL set up by the Polish government.
Information for patients with rare diseases in Poland: patient organisations https://www.ridkisnikhvoroby.pl
UNHCR created the ‘HELP’ website for refugees and asylum-seekers in Poland, their family members, and people who assist them. On this website you will find useful information and web links.
Support services in Poland for specific rare diseases:
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https://www.ridkisnikhvoroby.pl - resource centre for for patients with rare diseases in Poland - verified list of disease-specific organizations, legal guidelines, comprehensive Q&A
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Message from the President of the Board of the Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) and Rare Diseases Association. For support, please contact: biuro@chorobyrzadkie.pl
Updates:
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Polish MoH has appointed a special representative to coordinate the treatment and transfer of Ukrainian patients. More info
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A new website established by Witold Wydmański connects refugees seeking medical assistance with doctors who want to provide it free of charge: lekarzedlaukrainy.pl
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Since the day the war broke out, eduinstitute.org has been supporting patients with rare diseases who are fleeing the horrors of war. They help them both in Ukraine and after reaching Poland. Read their full report here.
Hungary

Rare diseases in Hungary
Protection for arrivals from Ukraine
If you are arriving to Hungary from Ukraine, you may be entitled to temporary protection in Hungary. For more information, see guidance from the Hungarian Helsinki Committee in Hungarian, Ukrainian, English, Russian.
Guidance from the Menedék Association in Hungarian, Ukrainian, Russian and English here.
For legal aid, contact the Hungarian Helsinki Committee:
For social support and information, contact the Menedék Association:
UNHCR’s contact in Hungary:
Moldova

Useful information for citizens of Ukraine in Moldova
https://dopomoga.gov.md/
Hotline of the Bureau for Migration and Asylum (call from Moldova) 0 800 015 27
Hotline of the Bureau for Migration and Asylum (call from Ukraine) +373 22 820 007
Romania

Ukrainians fleeing war at home are welcomed to Romania
Anybody fleeing Ukraine can enter Romania through any of the official border crossings. Ukrainian nationals carrying any valid passport can enter Romania on a short stay status for 90 days and ask for asylum either immediately or at any later point during their stay. Those who do not hold any passport can enter Romania by seeking asylum status at the border crossing.
On this platform created by Code for Romania in partnership with the Department of Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the Romanian National Council for Refugees civilians fleeing the war in Ukraine can find all relevant information about seeking protection in Romania.
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Who and how can enter Romania?
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Traveling to/from Romania and situation at the borders
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Claiming asylum
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The Romanian government has made a decision that refugees from Ukraine, no matter if they decide to apply for asylum or other form of protection, will benefit among other things of: primary medical assistance and treatment, emergency medical assistance, long term medical assistance and treatment for acute or chronic diseases that are a direct threat to their lives, the national medical assistance, national health programs.
Rare Diseases in Romania
The Romanian National Alliance is working with charities and organisations at the border entries to help people with a rare disease to connect to relevant specialty centres.
Updates
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The Red Cross Romania is using the humanitarian corridor to Cernauti and sending transports every week.