“As many families have been on the move for weeks, with very little food and medicine, rising malnutrition rates, disease outbreaks and related deaths continue to be observed,” the UN agency’s William Spindler told journalists in Geneva on Tuesday.

Highlighting particular concern for conditions in refugee camps and transit centres, Mr. Spindler said that mental health services are virtually non-existent and medical supplies limited, as people continue to flee.

Chronic shortages in health staff, supply issues as well as attacks on personnel as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), have also significantly compromised the quality of healthcare across the country.