GENEVA, Dec 30, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - The WHO called for urgent action Friday to tackle the deepening health and humanitarian crises in Sudan and asked the international community to step up with financial aid. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said the majority of health facilities in Sudanese regions affected by the war were not working, due to the fighting. "These include boosting provision of basic health services for the most vulnerable in affected states, where at least 70 percent of health facilities are not working due to the conflict," he added. The United Nations says at least 7.1 million people have been displaced, including 1.5 million who fled across the border into neighbouring countries. Former Ethiopian health minister Tedros has led the UN's health agency since 2017.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha December 30, 2023 03:36 UTC