As Iran war drags on, food and medicine for millions is stuck in limbo [View all]

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"DUBAI — The World Food Program says 10,000 tons of food meant for hundreds of thousands of children in Afghanistan has yet to arrive. The World Health Organization has been held up in sending a $6 million shipment of medicine to Gaza. And Save the Children warns that 90 primary health care facilities in Sudan could be left without essential supplies.

As the war in the Middle East hits the one-month mark, it has upended the global economy and caused an acute energy crisis. It has also wrought mayhem in the already battered humanitarian aid sector, which supports hundreds of millions of the world’s most vulnerable people.

.... There are currently 70,000 tons of food delayed on cargo ships, said WFP’s director of supply chain, Corinne Fleischer, who is helping devise new routes to avoid closures and backlogs. If the war continues until June, Fleischer said, WFP estimates that 45 million more people globally will face acute hunger — up from 318 million now...'



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