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Displaced by war, Tripoli residents wait in limbo
Dr Mohamed Hashem of WHO Libya assesses the needs of a health facility that will serve displaced familiesTripoli, April 29, 2019--As residents of Libya’s war-torn capital fled bombings in their neighbourhoods, “they felt their blood pressure was raised because of the stress, the sound of the rockets and gunfire,” says Mohamed Hashem, a WHO...
Amid Tripoli clashes, WHO rushes medical aid to the wounded in Libya
In response to the growing number of people wounded during clashes in Libya's capital, Tripoli, WHO is shipping urgently-needed trauma kits from its warehouses to hospitals throughout the conflict area Tripoli, 11 April – As clashes around Tripoli continued and the number of wounded rose to the hundreds, WHO reacted swiftly to provide field...
WHO condemns the killing of doctors in the Libyan conflict
Tripoli, Libya, 8 April 2019 — The World Health Organization strongly condemns the killing of 2 doctors who had been providing critically needed services to civilians in Tripoli. “It is unacceptable for health workers to be targeted during armed conflict,” emphasized Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. “Parties...
WHO distributes critically needed emergency medical supplies to hospitals in Libya
In late March 2019, WHO delivered vital medical supplies, funded by ECHO, to hospitals in the south of Libya 25 March 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) delivered emergency medical supplies and trauma kits to 10 major hospitals in various districts of Libya on 23 March 2019 to provide emergency departments with much needed supplies to...
Workshop on reproductive and maternal health packages
17 March 2019 – The WHO country office in Libya, in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Ministry of Health of Libya, organized a 4-day national workshop on reproductive and maternal health packages of interventions, based on WHO updated recommendations. The workshop took place from 11 to 14 March 2019 to...
WHO responds to critical health needs in southern Libya
6 March 2019 – In response to increasing violence in Sabha City, southern Libya, the World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered trauma medicines sufficient for more than 400 patients requiring trauma care to Sabha Medical Centre, Murzuq General hospital and Ghodwa field hospital. WHO has also delivered 6 incubators and 2 ventilators to the...
