WHO releases over 8 mln USD for Sahel's humanitarian response

BRAZZAVILLE, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has released 8.3 million U.S. dollars from its Contingency Funding for Emergencies to assist the 10.6 million people in need of emergency health services in the Sahel region, the WHO regional office for Africa said on Friday.

With an estimated 33.2 million people grappling with the devastating impacts of armed conflict, insecurity, food insecurity, and displacement in the Sahel, the funds will help deliver crucial health services to populations living in displacement camps and sites as well as to those affected by disease outbreaks across six countries in the region, it said in a statement.