Nearly 90% of east Congo clinics out of medicine, Red Cross says

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLtXXpo4Ge1ReTEboVvTDg https://ift.tt/CDdUF5H Nearly 90 per cent of clinics in war-hit eastern Congo –more than 200 health facilities – have run out of medicine because of widespread looting and supply chain disruptions caused by fighting, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Wednesday. The finding is part of a survey conducted last month of 240 health centres and clinics in North and South Kivu provinces, the largest such assessment the ICRC has carried out since a lightning advance by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels began. Nearly nine out of 10 surveyed facilities were completely out of medicine, while staff shortages impacted 40 per cent of facilities and 13 per cent were completely non-functional, according to the ICRC. The health-care crisis in the country has reached “a critical point” with armed conflict intensifying as humanitarian funding to the region declines, the head of the ICRC delegation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has said. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #congo #GlobalNews