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Saba Yemen
5 days ago
- Health
- Saba Yemen
WHO warns: Gaza's health system on brink of collapse
Al-Quds - Saba: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the health system in the Gaza Strip, besieged by the Israeli enemy army, is on the "brink of collapse." In a statement reported by the Sanad News Agency, the organization's representative in the occupied Palestinian territories, Rick Peeperkorn, called for allowing fuel into the Gaza Strip to keep its remaining hospitals operating. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Saba Yemen
21-05-2025
- Health
- Saba Yemen
WHO: Aid entering Gaza is just "drop in ocean"
Geneva - Saba: Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization's representative in the occupied Palestinian territories, said that aid entering the Gaza Strip is just a "drop in the ocean." Peeperkorn stressed during his weekly press conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva that "more aid must be allowed into Gaza." Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Saba Yemen
13-05-2025
- Health
- Saba Yemen
WHO: Hunger will permanently affect "entire generation" in Gaza
Geneva - (Saba): The World Health Organization's representative in the occupied Palestinian territories, Rick Peeperkorn, said on Tuesday that malnutrition rates in Gaza are rising, warning that hunger will permanently affect an "entire generation." Pepperkorn said, according to Reuters, that he saw children in medical centers who looked years younger than their age. He added in a press conference via video link from Deir al-Balah, "Without access to nutrition, clean water, and healthcare, an entire generation will be permanently affected," warning of deteriorating health conditions, stunting, and impaired cognitive development. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Saba Yemen
14-04-2025
- Health
- Saba Yemen
WHO calls for immediate resumption of medical evacuations from Gaza
Geneva - Saba: The World Health Organization (WHO) called for the need to lift the blockade on aid to Gaza Strip and the immediate resumption of medical evacuation by all possible means where thousands of patients are waiting. The organization's representative in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Rick Peeperkorn, said in a press statement on Monday that the "Israeli" bombing of Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City has increased the pressure on the remaining health facilities in the occupied Palestinian territories, where the "Israeli" authorities impose severe restrictions on the delivery of aid and the movement of humanitarian workers. "I was in Gaza Strip a few weeks ago and left early last month, just before the start of the aid blockade and the renewed attacks," he said, recounting the dire conditions he saw at Al-Ahli Hospital before the attack, and the severe restrictions on movement that prevent thousands from being evacuated to receive treatment outside Gaza. Peeperkorn said I spoke today with my team leaders in Gaza Strip, who visited Shifa Hospital, which is now the main surgical center in the north, suffering from severe pressure and lack of support," he said, noting that the possibility of transferring some patients from Shifa to the south is being explored, but the situation is complicated. He added that very few patients have been able to leave Gaza Strip to receive urgently needed care, noting that up to 12,000 patients need medical evacuation, but since the blockade began, we have only been able to evacuate 121 people, including 73 children, reiterating the call for the immediate resumption of medical evacuations by all possible means and now. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Saba Yemen
26-02-2025
- Health
- Saba Yemen
Damage to health sector in Gaza & West Bank exceeds $7 billion
Geneva - Saba: The World Health Organization announced that the value of the damage to the health sector in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since the beginning of the Zionist aggression in October 2023 has exceeded $7 billion, divided between reconstruction costs and service provision requirements. The organization's official website quoted the representative of the World Health Organization in the occupied Palestinian territories, Rick Peeperkorn, as saying that 772 health facilities were completely or partially destroyed, representing 95 percent of hospitals, 91 percent of private health facilities, and 88 percent of public health centers, in addition to pharmacies and clinics. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
