WHO: Humanitarian Health Action [to 23 August 2014]
:: Kuwaiti aid to WHO improves health for Syrians affected by conflict
21 August 2014, Geneva — A US$45 million donation to the World Health Organization from Kuwait has saved the lives and addressed the health needs of millions of people affected by the conflict in Syria, a new WHO report says.

The much needed funds have been used to provide essential health care in both government- and opposition-controlled areas within Syria, as well as in neighbouring countries struggling to cope with 2.9 million Syrians who have taken refuge in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, Turkey.

In a final report to the Government of Kuwait on the use of its donation, WHO says it has served to provide several million people with critical medicines to treat life-threatening chronic conditions, such as renal failure, epilepsy, asthma and diabetes, and over 5 million of the sick or injured with medicines, anaesthetics and surgical supplies…