WHO Libya emergency teams at work

26 May 2019 - Over the past 8 years, people in Libya have fled violence and destruction. Many now live in settlements for displaced people, while others living in their hometowns struggle to access medical care.

With support from European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), WHO Libya sends emergency medical teams to far-flung areas of Libya every week to help thousands of patients.

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A WHO mobile clinic in an isolated area in the east of Libya. WHO Libya sends emergency medical teams to reach patients in camps and remote areas.

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In the town of Tawergha, a doctor from a WHO emergency team treats a young patient’s skin boil. The sandflies that carry the leishmaniasis disease thrive in rubble caused by wars.

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During a visit to a school in Ajdabiya, Libya, an ophthalmologist from a WHO emergency team examines a child’s eyes using the torch from his mobile phone. Funding from OFDA supports this team and others.

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A WHO team in Sabha, southern Libya, perform surgery. ECHO supports several WHO medical teams in the south of Libya.

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In Ajdabiya, Libya, WHO emergency teams visit camps for people who were forced to leave their homes. Here, a dermatologist examines a patient after suspected outbreaks of skin disease in the camps.

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In Tarhuna, Libya, a WHO emergency team identified and treated a case of unstable angina in a 48 year-old Libyan man. “If they had not caught this, he could have died,” says Dr Sanad Issa of WHO Libya.

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A girl with asthma breathes through a nebulizer at a settlement for displaced people in Ajdabiya, Libya, where medical teams supported by OFDA visit.

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A pediatrician on an ECHO-supported team in the far southwest of Libya checks a young patient.

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An obstetrician on a WHO team in southern Libya holds a newborn.

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