On 21 November, Elizabeth Hoff, Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Syria, briefed the UN Security Council on the health situation in Syria, via video link, during the Council’s meeting on the situation in the Middle East. She outlined the dire health situation inside Syria, the challenges it presents for WHO’s work on the ground and appealed to the Council to use every last ounce of influence to bring an immediate end to attacks on health facilities and the suffering in Syria.
Elizabeth Hoff, WHO, on the situation in Middle East - UN Security Council meeting
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Eastern Aleppo without any hospitals for more than 250,000 residents
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