Press Review of the week
May 23rd 2011
Libya is facing a health crisis, as we noticed previously: more than 625,000 people fled from Libya (28 per cent are Libyan)1 Health risks are obvious:
- direct effects of the conflict (wounded, water or food shortage, etc.),
- no access to healthcare facilities,
- interruptions of chronic diseases‘ treatment,
- “low but dynamic risks” of epidemics according to the InVS bulletin.
Sources : OCHA, 2011
The New York Times highlights the role of social media in Syria: whereas the Egyptian government wanted to quash the Twitter rumor, Syria is choosing the counteroffensive.
US President in his speech on May, 20 reports the revolutionary wave in Arab world and condemns personally Bachar-Al-Assad, urging him to “reform or go“.
Barak H.Obama speech ties up with what world’s financial organisms concluded last week, concerning public health, job creation, youth empowerment and inclusive growth. But it take more than words…
- according to the Office for the Coordination of humanitarian Affairs of United Nations. [↩]
