"The situation has been quite difficult for some time, but what we’re seeing today is just an actual regional health crisis unfolding in real time in multiple parts of this region,ā€ Balkhy told the Guardian. ā€œIt’s not just about lives being lost. It’s about a collapse of access [to healthcare] in many, many dimensions way above and beyond what we would have imagined.ā€

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/26/who-warns-of-health-crisis-unfolding-in-real-time-across-middle-east

WHO warns of health crisis ā€˜unfolding in real time’ across Middle East

Hostilities should halt and healthcare facilities must be treated as ā€˜safe havens’, WHO’s regional chief has said

The Guardian