GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Thursday said it was releasing $2 million from its emergency support fund to help the victims of floods in Libya.
Health needs of survivors more crucial
WHO’s director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a statement said though the death toll is increasing, the health needs of the survivors are becoming more crucial.
He added that the UN body is releasing $2 million from its emergency fund to support its response.
Tedros said that the WHO was sending contingency supplies in Libya along with emergency, surgical and trauma supplies from its logistics center in Dubai.
Rescue work has been delayed by the political differences in the country of 7 million people, which has been in conflict since a NATO-backed uprising toppled Muammar Qaddafi in 2011.
The Government of National Unity (GNU), recognized internationally, is based in Tripoli, while a parallel administration is running in the east, controlled by the Libyan National Army.
Over 20,000 people are presumed dead, while thousands of others are missing after devastating flash floods in northeastern Libya.
Huge destruction destroyed the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna, where tall buildings on the river banks collapsed, and cars and houses vanished in the flash floods.
