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Published 04 Dec, 2023 05:21pm

WHO board to hold emergency session on Gaza health situation

The World Health Organisation (WHO) will hold an extraordinary session of its Executive Board on Dec. 10 to discuss health conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, a document from the UN global health agency has shown, Reuters reports.

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had convened the session after receiving a request from 14 members of the WHO’s board, the WHO document said.

A WHO spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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