UAE pledges $8 million to WHO for Sudan’s Critical Health Initiatives in View of Humanitarian Crisis

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has donated US$8 million to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in a major cooperation meant to solve the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. Signed at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, this agreement will finance important health projects in Sudan in an effort to improve the terrible situation its people live in.

Under Sultan Al Shamsi, Assistant Minister for International Development Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the agreement was formalized between WHO and UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). Sultan Al Shamsi signed on UAE behalf. With Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs, present at the Geneva signing event, Director-General of WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus signed on behalf of the organization.

This donation helps WHO’s initiatives in delivering basic healthcare services in areas affected by war and adds to UAE’s larger dedication to world humanitarian relief. The money will especially go into programs for disease prevention, emergency response capacity, and infrastructure supporting healthcare.

“The work done by the World Health Organization in Sudan is saving lives daily,” said Lana Zaki Nusseibeh. “We believe it is essential to support this continuous mission.” Long-standing cooperation between the UAE and the WHO has helped people in crises all throughout the region. We promise to be at the side of Sudanese people.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus added, “The World Health Organization will keep supporting the pressing health needs of the people of Sudan and the refugees in neighboring countries with help from partners and donors. We appreciate the UAE making this kind donation. We have to cooperate to save the most defenseless people’s lives.

Through UN agencies and humanitarian groups, the UAE’s contribution to the WHO is a part of a larger $70 million pledge meant to meet pressing humanitarian needs in Sudan. A sizable share of the $100 million UAE promised in April at the “International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan and Neighbouring Countries” is this money. With this gift, Sudan receives UAE assistance totaling more than $3.5 billion, bringing past ten-year total aid to level.

Leading a thorough humanitarian effort to assist the Sudanese people with medical treatment, food supplies, school restorations, and infrastructure enhancement is the United Arab Emirates Working with foreign allies including France and the UN, the UAE seeks to fully handle the Sudanese problem.

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Apart from this latest $8 million donation to WHO, the UAE and the UN completed a $20 million aid package for Sudan, meant to offer humanitarian assistance to Sudan and surrounding nations impacted by the continuous civil conflict. Additionally appreciative of the UAE’s kind $70 million donation to assist Sudanese civilians is the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

The UAE’s humanitarian initiatives go beyond mere monetary donations. Previously supporting the Sudanese people, the nation had supplied 13 tons of food supplies to Chad. The UAE has also set field hospitals in Am-Djarass, Sudan, and Chad to treat crisis victims and participated in school rebuilding initiatives in Sudan.

The UAE-France cooperation on Sudan relief emphasizes the cooperative attitude the UAE takes to handle humanitarian disasters. By means of these cooperative initiatives, the UAE keeps a major position in helping individuals in need in Sudan and adjacent areas.