ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society, has delivered vital medicine to Ethiopia's conflict-affected Amhara region.
The medicine is said to comprise 14.5 metric tons of emergency medical supplies, the WHO Ethiopia office said in a statement issued late Wednesday.
The supplies include interagency emergency health kits, renewables, and equipment suitable to treat children admitted to health facilities with complications of severe acute malnutrition, and trauma and emergency surgery kits to the Amhara region.
The WHO said the supplies will cover a total of 44,000 people, including treatment for 1,500 trauma cases and 600 severe acute malnutrition children with medical complications.
Earlier this month, the WHO directly delivered 17.3 metric tons of emergency medical supplies targeting more than 70,000 beneficiaries for health facilities in nine zones in the region.
Nonhlanhla Dlamini, WHO acting representative for Ethiopia, expressed WHO's commitment to collaborating with the Ethiopian government, health authorities, and partners in providing assistance to affected communities and helping them rebuild their lives.
Amid the expanding conflict across the Amhara region, the Ethiopian House of People's Representatives, the lower house of the Ethiopian parliament, ratified a six-month state of emergency rule last week.
The decree explaining the necessity of the state of emergency rule that was read to members of the parliament indicated that the armed activities in the region have become impossible to control through the regular law enforcement system. ■
