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The United Nations suspended its health programs in Iraq due to lack of funds
7/28/15
Twilight News / United Nations announced it had suspended health programs that were benefiting millions of people in Iraq due to lack of funds.
The organization said in a statement that "184 health service has been suspended due to a lack of allocated funds for humanitarian activities."
The statement added that "more than eighty percent of health programs supported by the humane partners are currently suspended, and this extends to a million people directly."
The humanitarian coordinator for the United Nations in Iraq, Liz Grande: "At a time people in Iraq are in dire need us, we abandon them."
International Organization explained that the lack of funds means that half a million children enjoy protection, leading to the risk of a measles epidemic and the return of polio.
And already this financial situation has led to reduced food rations for one million people.
The statement continued that this case led to the termination of water about a third of the programs related to public health, pointing out that other programs will depend in the end of July.
The United Nations has reported that of the other consequences of this stop programs to help women and girls who have been subjected to acts of sexual violence.
The United Nations launched on the fourth of June, an appeal to raise half a billion dollars to cope with the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, where the pay dispute with the organization Daash more than three million people have been displaced since June 2014.
The United Nations said that respond to this appeal so far did not exceed 15%, while the Humanitarian Coordinator alerted that about ten million Iraqis will need vital assistance before the end of 2015.
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7/28/15
Twilight News / United Nations announced it had suspended health programs that were benefiting millions of people in Iraq due to lack of funds.
The organization said in a statement that "184 health service has been suspended due to a lack of allocated funds for humanitarian activities."
The statement added that "more than eighty percent of health programs supported by the humane partners are currently suspended, and this extends to a million people directly."
The humanitarian coordinator for the United Nations in Iraq, Liz Grande: "At a time people in Iraq are in dire need us, we abandon them."
International Organization explained that the lack of funds means that half a million children enjoy protection, leading to the risk of a measles epidemic and the return of polio.
And already this financial situation has led to reduced food rations for one million people.
The statement continued that this case led to the termination of water about a third of the programs related to public health, pointing out that other programs will depend in the end of July.
The United Nations has reported that of the other consequences of this stop programs to help women and girls who have been subjected to acts of sexual violence.
The United Nations launched on the fourth of June, an appeal to raise half a billion dollars to cope with the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, where the pay dispute with the organization Daash more than three million people have been displaced since June 2014.
The United Nations said that respond to this appeal so far did not exceed 15%, while the Humanitarian Coordinator alerted that about ten million Iraqis will need vital assistance before the end of 2015.
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