U.S.$2.54 Billion Needed to Tackle Unprecedented Health Needs in 2023 - WHO: Africa
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the UN agency's Director-General, urged donors"to be generous" and help WHO to save lives, prevent the spread of disease within and across borders, and support communities as they rebuild.around the world, 11 of which are classified as Grade 3, WHO's highest level of emergency, requiring the most comprehensive response.
The UN agency is already working in an"unprecedented" number of emergencies, from the fall-out of devastating flooding in Pakistan, to catastrophic food insecurity across the Sahel and in the greater Horn of Africa. The WHO is also heavily involved in alleviating suffering in Ukraine following the Russian invasion and it continues to work in Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria and northern Ethiopia, where conflict,unprecedented convergence of crises
demands an unprecedented response," said Tedros."More people than ever before face the imminent risk of disease and starvation and need help now. The world cannot look away and hope these crises resolve themselves." In 2022, WHO's assistance to communities in conjunction with local and national authorities, non-governmental authorities and civil society organizations included medicines and other key supplies, training for health professionals, vaccines, enhanced disease surveillance, mobile clinics, mental health support, maternal health consultations and more.
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