At least 70 countries missing out on treatment amid funding cuts, says WHO chief

GENEVA (Reuters) -The director-general of the World Health Organization said on Monday that people in at least 70 countries are missing out on treatment due to global funding cuts.

“In at least 70 countries, patients are missing out on treatments, health facilities have closed, health workers have lost their jobs, and people face increased out-of-pocket health spending,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told WHO members at the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva.

(Reporting by Olivia Le Poidevin, Editing by Friederike Heine)