UN agencies join forces to protect forcibly displaced during pandemic
India, May 25 -- To strengthen and advance public health services for millions of forcibly displaced people globally, two United Nations signed an agreement on Thursday to better protect some 70 million from COVID-19.
The new pact, signed by the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN refugee agency (UNHCR), updates and expands a 1997 agreement between the two and covers around 26 million people - 80 per cent of whom are refugees sheltering in low and middle-income countries with weak health systems.The revised contract also provides assistance to another 40 million who are internally displaced."UNHCR's long-term partnership with WHO is critical to curb the coronavirus pandemic and other emergencies - day in, day out, it is im...
Click here to read full article from source
To read the full article or to get the complete feed from this publication, please
Contact Us.