CAPE TOWN – More than 330 million people will require humanitarian aid next year, according to the United Nations (UN).
UN health agency, World Health Organisation (WHO), said the globe was currently facing a deadly combination of war, starvation and disease.
WHO director-general, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, addressed issues facing global healthcare on Friday.
“The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs launched its global humanitarian overview for 2023, appealing for $51.5 billion to meet humanitarian needs around the world next year.”
Ghebreyesus said humanitarian crises affect people in all aspects of their lives.
“Including reducing their access to healthcare often at the exact time when they need it the most, those fleeing conflict or drought or living in poverty and facing hunger, but also those whose health is the most threatened.”
Ghebreyesus says “we are much closer to be able to say that the emergency phase of the pandemic is over, but we’re not there yet. “
' EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) December 2, 2022
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