The “high-risk mission”, carried out the previous day, was marked by delays at the checkpoint and severely damaged roads. Thousands of hungry civilians also surrounded the UN vehicles and fuel truck in a desperate search for food and water, further delaying the journey. The team reported that functionality at the hospital has improved since the…
Teams that undertook the high-risk missions witnessed intense hostilities in their vicinity, as well as high patient loads and overcrowding caused by people seeking refuge. They also reported that food needs remain dire across the enclave, which is impacting operations, with hungry people stopping convoys in hopes of finding something to eat. WHO Director-General Tedros…
—File photo Special anti-polio campaign is going on in 3 polio high risk districts of Balochistan. Today is the third day of the campaign in the high-risk districts of Balochistan, Quetta, Pashin and Qila Abdullah. In the campaign, a total of more than 25 lakh children have been set as a target of vaccination against…
