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WHO delivers urgent health supplies to Aden - statement


    GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it had delivered life-saving medical supplies to the southern city of Aden in Yemen, where most health facilities are "non-functional" due to fighting and critical shortages of supplies.

    In a statement, the WHO said it had brought 46.4 tonnes of medicines, medical supplies and water and sanitation supplies for more than 84,000 people in six trucks as part of a United Nations convoy.

    "Access to health care in Aden is extremely limited due to constant fighting and most of the governorate's 31 health facilities are non-functional due to critical shortages in medical supplies and fuel needed for generators," it said.

    (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; editing by Ralph Boulton)