WHO alarmed by health turmoil in Cuba

The WHO chief said Wednesday the health situation in Cuba was "deeply concerning" as the US fuel blockade deepens the island's energy crisis. "Health should be protected at all costs and never be at the mercies of geopolitics, energy blockades and power outages," World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.

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• The WHO chief said Wednesday the health situation in Cuba was "deeply concerning" as the US fuel blockade deepens the island's energy crisis.
• "Health should be protected at all costs and never be at the mercies of geopolitics, energy blockades and power outages," World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said…

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• he mercies of geopolitics, energy blockades and power outages," World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X. The WHO chief said Wednesday the health situation in Cuba was "deeply…
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• The WHO chief said Wednesday the health situation in Cuba was "deeply concerning" as the US fuel blockade deepens the island's energy crisis.
• "Health should be protected at all costs and never be at the mercies of geopolitics, energy blockades and power outages," World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said…