Gaza: ‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns

The UN health agency, WHO, on Friday issued a new warning about the desperate situation for people in Gaza, with the number of medical facilities operational “clearly not enough to support the endless needs” created by more than five weeks of hostilities.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/11/1143697
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Gaza: ‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns
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North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hunger

North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hunger

05 Mar 2024

A rare opportunity to deliver desperately needed supplies to hospitals in northern Gaza for the first time in months has been welcomed by UN humanitarians who on Tuesday issued a fresh alert about “appalling” conditions in medical facilities where more children risk are battling life-threatening malnutrition.

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Gaza medics struggling in face of ‘overwhelming disaster’ as vital supplies run low: WHO

Gaza medics struggling in face of ‘overwhelming disaster’ as vital supplies run low: WHO

29 May 2024

Vital medical supplies are fast running out in Gaza’s remaining hospitals, the UN health agency warned on Wednesday, amid reports of continuing Israeli bombing and hostilities in the enclave. 

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Ukraine health facilities ‘stretched to breaking point’, warns WHO

14 Mar 2022

The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Monday that it is working “day and night” to keep medical supply chains open and preserve the health system in Ukraine, where, it says, medical facilities are stretched to breaking point.