GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday there was a “very real risk of mass starvation” in some regions of war-torn Sudan, where conflict has made medical aid broadly unavailable. “People are dying from a lack of access to essential services and medicines, while there is a very […]
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‘Very real risk of mass starvation’ in some regions of Sudan: WHO
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday there was a “very real risk of mass starvation” in some regions of war-torn Sudan, where conflict has made medical aid broadly unavailable.
“People are dying from a lack of access to essential services and medicines, while there is a very real risk of mass starvation in some regions,” said WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
(Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Madeline Chambers)