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Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

WHO makes urgent appeal for $84.5 million for healthcare in Turkey, Syria

WHO's response includes "dispatch of life-saving medicines and other medical supplies; the activation of its Emergency Medical Teams Network to provide essential health services and supplies to care for those in need"

GENEVA, February 18. /TASS/. The World Health Organization (WHO) called upon the international community to urgently donate $84.5 million to respond to urgent healthcare needs in quake-hit Turkey and Syria.

"The World Health Organization has launched an updated flash appeal for US$ 84.5 million to respond to health needs after the earthquake in both Turkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic," the WHO said in a statement.

WHO's response includes "dispatch of life-saving medicines and other medical supplies; the activation of its Emergency Medical Teams Network to provide essential health services and supplies to care for those in need," the global organization said.

Two powerful 7.7-magnitude and 7.6-magnitude earthquakes rocked Turkey’s Kahramanmaras province, located in the country’s southeast, on February 6. The tremors, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, were felt in ten provinces as well as in neighboring countries, including Syria. The death toll in Turkey is nearing 40,000, more than 105,000 people were injured.

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