Rome, July 11, 2025: “The Ukraine Recovery Conference sees the Defense Industry Agency (AID) engaged in supporting the healthcare system of the Odessa Oblast, specifically focusing on maternal and neonatal health. In collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, and with the strong support of Deputy Minister Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, we will provide neonatal intensive care equipment, incubators, diagnostic tools, and offer specialized professional training for healthcare workers. These are concrete actions within the framework of urgent humanitarian aid that will have a positive impact on over 400,000 newborns, children, and adolescents, as well as 50,000 internally displaced minors.”
This is what Fiammetta Salmoni, General Director of the Defense Industry Agency, stated in her speech at the 2025 URC.
The event also provided an opportunity to initiate, during the bilateral meeting with Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Health Eden Adamanov, a process to expand collaboration in the medical and healthcare sectors through the provision of orphan drugs for rare diseases and support for the mental health of children and veterans. The aim is also to sign an agreement with the State Center for War Veterans, Lisova Polyana, and, together with MAECI and AICS, to ensure that this becomes a tangible action. The Defense Industry Agency strongly believes that health is a primary value, one to be shared and defended, as it is the foundation of our democracies. Since the beginning of the conflict, there have been 2,214 attacks against Ukrainian healthcare facilities, and AID’s industrial capacity as a strategic asset for Italy is crucial for the reconstruction and advancement of Ukraine’s healthcare, humanitarian, and social development. The industrial competencies of the Defense Industry Agency, representing the excellence of the Italian System, must also be directed towards the protection and care of the most vulnerable: women, children, and veterans, as a priority commitment.
