WHO Head Warns of Catastrophic Situation in Gaza as Hunger Hits Two Million
Ghebreyesus noted that WHO is facing unprecedented funding challenges as donor countries reduce their contributions, calling it the most severe disruption in the history of WHO financing.
GENEVA: Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with two million people facing hunger.
Speaking at a press conference in Geneva on Friday, Ghebreyesus noted that WHO is facing unprecedented funding challenges as donor countries reduce their contributions, calling it the most severe disruption in the history of WHO financing.
Meanwhile, Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, Dr. Michael Ryan, warned that the minds and bodies of Gaza’s children are being broken.
Ryan stated that the bodies and minds of Gaza’s children are being broken.
They are being starved. Complicity is being shown through inaction, urging the international community to take action, and adding that this situation is unbearable.
He explained that the current level of malnutrition is causing immune systems to collapse.
He also pointed to a rise in pneumonia and meningitis cases among women and children.
-QNA
