Over 60% of Khartoum's health facilities closed: WHO

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Published: 2023-04-26 18:17

Last Updated: 2024-03-28 21:31


Over 60% of Khartoum's health facilities closed: WHO
Over 60% of Khartoum's health facilities closed: WHO

More than 60 percent of healthcare facilities in Khartoum are closed due to the conflict in Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday.

"In the capital, Khartoum, 61 percent of health facilities are closed and only 16 percent are operating as normal," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference from the UN health agency headquarters in Geneva.


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