The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday (16/1) appealed for $1.5 billion (around 24.56 trillion rupiah) for emergency operations this year, warning that conflict, climate change, epidemics and displacement have combined to create an “unprecedented global health crisis.”
The UN health agency estimates that the health crisis will leave 305 million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance this year.
“WHO is appealing for $1.5 billion to support life-saving efforts for the emergencies we know about and to respond rapidly to new crises,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in making the appeal.
The agency's emergency request, which is the same size as last year, outlines critical priorities and resources needed to address 42 ongoing health emergencies.
“Conflicts, outbreaks, climate-related disasters and other health emergencies are no longer isolated or occasional events – they are relentless, overlapping and intensifying,” Tedros said in a statement.
He pointed to the emergency health assistance provided in conflict zones ranging from the occupied Palestinian territories to the Democratic Republic of Congo to Sudan, as well as its efforts in carrying out vaccination campaigns, addressing malnutrition and helping control outbreaks of diseases such as cholera.
“Without adequate and sustainable funding, we face the impossible task of deciding who will receive treatment and who will not this year,” Tedros said at Thursday’s event.
“Your support helps ensure that WHO remains a lifeline, bridging the gap between disease and health, despair and hope, life and death for millions of people around the world.”
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