The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says it has provided medical assistance to more than 5,000 refugees and host communities in Ali Adde and Holl-Holl, Djibouti.
It is understood that the support, funded by the government of Korea, was implemented by UNHCR and the New Covenant Foundation.
‘Medical treatments offered to over 5,000 refugees and host communities in Ali Adde and Holl-Holl. Thanks to Korea the New Covenant Foundation and to individual donors as well for organising a caravan to offer these general and specialised treatments, along with drugs’, UNHCR tweeted.
Health care is a key focus of the UN as agencies tied to the organisation work towards achieving goal five of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
According to the Borgen Project, Djibouti has a severe lack of health care facilities and many crippling health problems.
Additional data from the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) shows that 20 percent of the country’s population do not have access to health care facilities and are unreachable by health mobile teams.
Photo source: UNHCR Djibouti
