WHO requests $550,000 for Djibouti
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mali Actu
The World Health Organization is requesting an additional $550,000 to monitor diseases and strengthen healthcare in Djibouti, where more than 3,800 people from Yemen have arrived. In Obock, 44 cases of acute watery diarrhoea and one death had been recorded by 8 October, according to the WHO.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is requesting $550,000 to strengthen disease surveillance and healthcare in Djibouti, where more than 3,800 people fleeing violence in Yemen had arrived by 2 October. The organisation warned on 13 October of the risk of infectious diseases spreading, reports Mali Actu.
In Obock, in the north of the country, health authorities had recorded 44 cases of acute watery diarrhoea and one death by 8 October. The Markazi refugee camp has only one health centre to meet the needs of its population.
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