A growing number of health emergencies around the world, from COVID-19 to cholera, have left the World Health Organization's response "overstretched," a senior advisor said on Tuesday.
Speaking at the U.N. agency's annual meeting, Professor Walid Ammar, chairman of a committee reviewing the WHO's emergency response, said funding and staffing gaps were widening in the face of ever-increasing demands.
"[The] program is overstretched as demands have only grown with the multiplicity and complexity of emergencies," he said. Читать дальше...