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WHO condemns violence against health workers in Libya
Tripoli, 5 December 2020 –The World Health Organization (WHO) strongly condemns the continuing abductions of health care workers in Libya. In the latest such incident on 1 December 2020, Dr Siddiq Khalfallah Ben Della, a well-known orthopaedic surgeon and the deputy head of al-Khadra Hospital in Tripoli, was kidnapped by an armed group. His...
UNICEF and WHO sound the alarm over 250 000 children at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases in Libya
Tripoli, 5 November 2020 – UNICEF and WHO are extremely concerned over severe shortages of critical vaccines in Libya that threaten the health of the country’s children. Over the past 7 months, unprecedented vaccine shortages in the country have disrupted children’s immunization schedules and put them at risk of disease and death. There has been an alarming...
WHO delivers additional supplies to ensure protection of health workers responding to COVID-19 in Libya
Tripoli, Libya, 21 September 2020. Three WHO-chartered aircraft carrying COVID-19 supplies landed in Benghazi Airport, Libya, this week. The supplies include personal protective equipment items such as gloves, masks, face shields, gowns, goggles, and coveralls for 2500 health workers for 4 months, including health workers in 114 rapid response...
WHO alarmed over rapidly escalating rates of COVID-19 in Libya
Tripoli, Libya, 26 August 2020 – Over the past 2 weeks, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Libya has more than doubled. Given the acute shortages of tests and laboratory capacity, the real number of cases is likely to be much higher. Community transmission has been reported in some of the country’s main cities, including Tripoli and Sebha....
WHO humanitarian supplies in Libya intercepted and diverted
13 August 2020 – On 6 August 2020, militia near the town of Al Zawya (western Libya) intercepted a truck on its way to Benghazi and Tobruk to deliver WHO humanitarian supplies. The driver was detained overnight and his phone was confiscated. However, he was able to send a message to the WHO country office to inform it of the unfolding situation. WHO...
Libya: Fighting COVID-19 in times of conflict
20 June 2020 – The World Health Organization has urged all armed groups in Libya to allow humanitarian agencies to obtain access to health care facilities on the ground, especially in the south, to help combat the recent surge in cases of COVID-19, mainly in the south of the country. “Humanitarian agencies must be able to safely enter all areas...
