The basic Interagency Emergency Health Kits and supplementary Interagency Emergency Health Kits are designed to treat more than 60 000 people for 3 months, while the Trauma Kits Type B can treat more than 900 moderate to severe cases.
As a result of the complex situation in Benghazi, health care services have been adversely affected. There is a pressing need for supplies such as these in the city, especially due to the fact that hospitals there are not working at full capacity and are faced with a lack of medical staff and essential medical supplies, including both medicines and equipment.
Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain, WHO Representative to Libya, welcomed the continuous support of ECHO, saying that this support made WHO’s response to the urgent needs of the underserved populations in Libya possible.
