HE Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voiced the WHO's deep concern about the increasing number of attacks on the health sector in the Gaza Strip, Sudan, Yemen, Lebanon, and other countries in the region, calling for the need for active protection of the health sector and health care, and not to expose them to targeting under international humanitarian law in all regions.

In a speech via video conference during the meetings of the 71st session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean, hosted by Doha from Oct. 14-17, His Excellency added that the organization is a key partner in all these conflicts by dealing with more patients and those injured with trauma (wounds and injuries resulting from accidents or violence).