US EditionWHO Releases US$2 Million in Emergency Funds to Lebanon, Iraq and Syria
The World Health Organization allocated $2 million to support health services amid ongoing violence, with only 37% of its $633 million 2026 regional appeal funded so far.
- The World Health Organization announced emergency support for frontline health workers, targeting medicines and disease surveillance in Syria, a move its regional director said was essential.
- Since 2 March, attacks on healthcare in Lebanon have caused at least 30 deaths, including a late-night strike on the Bourj Qalauoiyeh primary healthcare centre that killed twelve doctors and two paramedics.
- UNIFIL peacekeepers came under fire during three incidents, with hostile fire hitting as close as five metres near Yatar, Dayr Kifa, and Qallawiyah, the mission said.
- The WHO's 2026 regional appeal sought funding but was only 37 per cent funded as of March, despite a $500,000 US contribution for emergency coordination and mass-casualty management.
- Services in Iraq face growing pressure near strike zones, and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged, 'I urge all parties to choose the brave and life-saving path to peace'.
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WHO releases funds for Middle East health response
Smoke rises from a building hit in a bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, last week. Photo: Getty Images The World Health Organization has released $2 million from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies (CFE) to support the health response in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria amidst the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
WHO provides $2 million in funding to Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria
The World Health Organization announced Sunday it is releasing $2 million in emergency funding to support health services in Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria as the widening Iran conflict strains already fragile healthcare systems across the region. The funding comes from WHO’s Contingency Fund for Emergencies, which is used to rapidly deploy resources during humanitarian crises. The agency said the money will help sustain front-line health services, i…
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday made available $2 million (about 685 million forints) from its Contingency Fund for Emergency Response (CFE) to Lebanon, Iraq and Syria to support health measures there due to the escalating crisis in the Middle East. The WHO warned last week that the conflicts in the region had triggered large-scale population movements. In Iran, more than 100,000 people are estimated to have been forced to flee the…
WHO releases US$2 million in emergency funds to Lebanon, Iraq and Syria
The World Health Organization said on Sunday it had released US$2 million from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies (CFE) to support the health response in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria amidst the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
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