TRIPOLI, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it had delivered essential medical supplies to Libya.
"Last week, WHO delivered an urgent shipment of essential medical supplies to the National Centre for Disease Control in Tripoli to support the health care services at the center," WHO said in a statement.
"The shipment included scorpion antivenom, medicines to treat HIV, leishmaniasis and TB, and anti-fungal and antibacterial medicines," the statement added.
On Nov. 26, the WHO announced the delivery of more than 4,000 ampoules of anti-Leishmania medicines which are enough to treat referred patients until the end of 2019.
The armed conflict in and around Libya's capital Tripoli between the UN-backed government and the east-based army has badly affected the public healthcare services in the country.
The WHO said in a report in September that health care is the "biggest need in Libya with many people lacking sustained access to primary and secondary health services including management of chronic and infectious diseases and obstetric complications."
Libyan authorities have been struggling to provide proper healthcare services amid the armed conflict, forcing patients to spend huge amounts of money on live-saving medicines.
