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The World Health Organization said on Sunday (March 15, 2026) it had released $2 million from its Contingency ‌Fund for Emergencies (CFE) to support the health response in ⁠Lebanon, Iraq and Syria amidst the ongoing crisis in West Asia.

The ‌conflict has triggered a large-scale population movement, the WHO ‌said last week, estimating ‌that ⁠more than 100,000 people in ⁠Iran have relocated, and up to 700,000 people in Lebanon have been internally displaced.

$1 million has ‌been allocated to Lebanon to strengthen the WHO’s emergency coordination through the Public Health Emergency Operations ‌Centre, scale up trauma care, reinforce disease surveillance, and procure and distribute essential medicines ⁠and medical supplies, the agency said in a statement.

Iraq and Syria ‌have each been allocated $500,000 to support emergency coordination and mass-casualty management, procure and distribute essential medicines and supplies, provide health services for displaced populations, and ‌strengthen disease surveillance and community outreach, it added.

– Reuters