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

adminMay 29, 2024September 20, 2024010 mins

“We have distributed an enormous amount of essential medical supplies, but it’s not enough. I mean, this is such an overwhelming disaster, it’s not enough,” said Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Palestine. Speaking in Geneva on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly, the senior WHO official echoed widespread…

Gaza: Rafah invasion would be a disaster ‘beyond imagination’, warn UN medics

adminFebruary 14, 2024September 18, 202403 mins

Echoing renewed deep concerns by the UN’s top humanitarian official Martin Griffiths that an assault on Rafah “could lead to a slaughter”, the World Health Organization (WHO) also firmly rejected allegations of years-long collusion with non-health partners either in or underneath Gaza’s hospitals. ‘There is no collusion’ “We definitely cannot be louder in saying that no, there…