Middle East conflict, funding cuts push 30.4 million into humanitarian crisis — WHO
42m to sustain lifesaving health services in Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti By Chioma Obinna The World Health Organization, WHO, has raised fresh alarm over a worsening humanitarian and public health crisis across the Eastern Mediterranean Region, warning that renewed conflict, disease outbreaks, food insecurity and severe funding shortages are pushing millions deeper into emergency conditions.
WHO identified four immediate priorities, strengthening emergency preparedness, expanding integrated health and nutrition services, enhancing disease surveillance and outbreak response, and sustaining essential health services, including maternal, child and trauma care, in conflict-affected and disaster-hit communities.
WHO also disclosed that its 2026 Health Emergencies Appeal for the Eastern Mediterranean Region requires 633 million dollars, but about 40 per cent remains unfunded, threatening emergency response operations across both acute and protracted crises.
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