'No time to spare': WHO says Covid disrupted health services, pushed half a billion into poverty
India Today
The World Health Organization (WHO), in its press release, mentioned two new reports -- one by the WHO and other by the World Bank -- that revealed that over half a billion people are being pushed into extreme poverty because they have to pay for health services.
More than half a billion people are being pushed into extreme poverty because they have to pay for health services out of their own pockets, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a press release highlighting the impact of Covid-19 on people's ability to obtain health care facilities.
In its press release, the WHO mentioned two new complementary reports -- one by the WHO and other by the World Bank -- that offered both a warning and guideposts to all countries as they strive to build back better from Covid-19.
