{"id":29981,"date":"2026-10-03T10:04:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=29981"},"modified":"2026-10-03T10:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:04:38","slug":"who-appeals-for-more-medical-supplies-to-gaza-ahead-of-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=29981","title":{"rendered":"WHO Appeals for More Medical Supplies to Gaza Ahead of Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a substantial increase in humanitarian supplies entering Gaza, warning that delays in delivering medicines, prosthetics and other essential items could have serious consequences for people requiring medical care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The appeal, reported by the United Nations on 2 October, comes as health services in Gaza continue to face shortages and major operational constraints. WHO has previously said that only 19 of the territory\u2019s 36 hospitals were functioning even partially, with none operating at full capacity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Patients with chronic illnesses, people with serious injuries and those needing rehabilitation remain among those requiring sustained medical support. WHO has also highlighted the need for medical evacuations and reliable access to specialised treatment unavailable locally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The agency is urging that medical supplies and equipment be allowed to reach people in need, and that humanitarian access be sustained. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/tags\/newsunorg\">UN report<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Support independent journalism:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?page_id=1083\">Support HRNW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> This report is based on publicly available information and official WHO and United Nations sources. HRNW is an independent news platform and is not affiliated with or endorsed by WHO or the United Nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a substantial increase in humanitarian supplies entering Gaza, warning that delays in delivering medicines, prosthetics and other essential items could have serious consequences for people requiring medical care. The appeal, reported by the United Nations on 2 October, comes as health services in Gaza continue to face&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-united-nations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29983,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29981\/revisions\/29983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}