Geneva (Switzerland): World Health Organization (WHO) President Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus On Wednesday he said he met 10 members Taliban The delegation led by Health Minister Qalandar Ebad and discussed “critical” health and humanitarian crisis In Afghanistan.
WHO chief revealed that he met Ebad for talks on Tuesday to discuss the situation humanitarian aid to AfghanistanKhama Press reported.
Ebad is part of a Taliban delegation that is visiting Geneva for a week of talks with institutions and non-governmental agencies on humanitarian access and human rights.
According to an Islamic emirate’s spokesman, the visit followed an invitation to a Geneva call.
The Geneva Call said in a press release that the organization is hosting a restricted-access conference between February 7-11 that aims to increase the “uninterrupted” delivery of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
A spokesman for the Islamic emirate said the Afghan delegation included officials from the ministries of defence, health and internal affairs, Tolo News reported.
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last August, the country has plunged into financial chaos with rising inflation and unemployment, while halting aid and US sanctions have sparked a humanitarian crisis in an already ravaged country by decades of war. .
Tedros had already met Ebad during his visit to Kabul in September 2021 Taliban takeoverKhama Press reported.
“Despite some improvements since then, the health situation in Afghanistan is still grim and the serious humanitarian crisis is putting lives at risk,” Tedros said.
He said that they discussed the health needs in the country, strengthening the system, emergency preparedness and training of health workers, in which women are central.
“The acute need in Afghanistan is to provide diagnostics to detect covid 19 virusAnd especially Omicron, because the number of cases is increasing,” Tedros said.
WHO chief revealed that he met Ebad for talks on Tuesday to discuss the situation humanitarian aid to AfghanistanKhama Press reported.
Ebad is part of a Taliban delegation that is visiting Geneva for a week of talks with institutions and non-governmental agencies on humanitarian access and human rights.
According to an Islamic emirate’s spokesman, the visit followed an invitation to a Geneva call.
The Geneva Call said in a press release that the organization is hosting a restricted-access conference between February 7-11 that aims to increase the “uninterrupted” delivery of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
A spokesman for the Islamic emirate said the Afghan delegation included officials from the ministries of defence, health and internal affairs, Tolo News reported.
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last August, the country has plunged into financial chaos with rising inflation and unemployment, while halting aid and US sanctions have sparked a humanitarian crisis in an already ravaged country by decades of war. .
Tedros had already met Ebad during his visit to Kabul in September 2021 Taliban takeoverKhama Press reported.
“Despite some improvements since then, the health situation in Afghanistan is still grim and the serious humanitarian crisis is putting lives at risk,” Tedros said.
He said that they discussed the health needs in the country, strengthening the system, emergency preparedness and training of health workers, in which women are central.
“The acute need in Afghanistan is to provide diagnostics to detect covid 19 virusAnd especially Omicron, because the number of cases is increasing,” Tedros said.
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