“We are living the greatest interruption for global health financing in memory.“Said the general director of Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
He warned that abrupt financing withdrawals are endangering medical progress gained with force, including efforts to combat tropical diseases, which are now resurfaced in some regions.
“This is just the tip of the iceberg“He told WHO journalists headquarters in Geneva.
Outbreaks intensify
Since January, Angola has faced his worst sprouts of anger in 20 years, with more than 17,000 cases and more than 550 deaths recorded so far.
Inappropriate access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation is feeding the outbreak.
As the WHO and partners carry out a large -scale vaccination campaign on the ground, one of its priorities is to reduce the mortality rate, Tedros said.
In the midst of fund cuts, advances to address negligible tropical diseases that affect more than one billion people, are disproportionately affecting the poorest and most marginalized communities.
Reduced access
In many countries where insecurity is abundant and hospitals are being attacked, access to medical care has been severely reduced, Tedros continued.
On April 22, one of Haiti's largest public hospitals, the Hôpital Universita de Mirebalais, was forced to close due to violence. In Prince Port-Au Capital, more than 40 percent of health centers remain closed, he said.
Unnecessary deaths
Returning to the blockade of Gaza, he said that the situation there was “catastrophicly bad”, with violence “to conduct an influx of casualties to a health system that is already on the knees.”
While essential medications, and trauma and medical supplies are running out “,People die from preventable diseases while medications wait on the border“Tedros said.
Reiterating the UN call for a high fire, Tedros added that “peace is the best medicine.”
