WHO appeals for $1.5 billion to tackle 'unprecedented' global health crisis

FILE - A man suffering from mpox waits for treatment at the Kamituga General Hospital in South Kivu, Congo, on Sept. 4, 2024.

The World Health Organization appealed Thursday for $1.5 billion for emergency operations this year, warning that conflict, climate change, epidemics and displacement had converged to create an "unprecedented global health crisis."