KSrelief Signs Cooperation Agreement to Support Health Response in Gaza Strip

Riyadh, Feb 7, 2024, SPA -- The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) yesterday signed a joint cooperation agreement with the UN World Health Organization (WHO) to support the emergency health response by providing and expanding medical supplies and logistical support to those affected in the Gaza Strip. The deal is worth USD $10 million.
The agreement was signed -- via video conference -- by KSrelief Assistant General Supervisor for Operations and Programs Eng. Ahmed bin Ali Al-Baiz, and WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr. Hanan Balkhi.
The agreement will address acute shortage of essential medical supplies, medicines, and fuel to support the resilience and work of health facilities in the Gaza Strip and to provide medicines and basic medical supplies for 40 medical facilities there.
Additionally, the agreement aims to strengthen and supplement the capabilities of health facilities in the Gaza Strip, to provide emergency health response, and reduce the number of critical cases and fatalities due to lacking health services, which benefits 456,000 individuals.
The program comes within the framework of the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its humanitarian arm, KSrelief, to stand with the brotherly Palestinian people amid their various crises, suffering, and distress.
--SPA