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WHO Shortfalls Risk Yemen COVID-19 Response

Margaret Besheer

   NEW YORK - The World Health Organization will start shutting down some
   of its programs in Yemen due to funding shortages, just as the
   coronavirus is starting to spread in the war-torn country.'¯

   "Amidst a pandemic, this is shocking," U.N. acting deputy humanitarian
   chief'¯Ramesh Rajasingham said Thursday.'¯"Preventing disease and
   feeding sick children are the kinds of programs that everyone agrees
   should be protected at all costs."

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