WHO seeks USD 2.2 bn for rising global health emergencies

World Health Organization reports that more than 125 million people are living in crisis affected countries, saying the three greatest emergencies are Syria, Yemen and Iraq. The agency is appealing for 2.2 billion dollars to come to terms with the escalating health crisis, in an effort to provide life-saving health care to 87 million people in more than 30 countries.

In Syria, the agency says 11.5 million people need essential



medicines and primary health care, as well as trauma care and mental health care. WHO says special care for mothers and children, as well as essential medicine and other health care, are needed by more than seven million people in Iraq and 10.6 million in Yemen. According to WHO, in South Sudan, the focus of aid for 2.3 million people will be on combating child mortality by preventing and treating malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia.