“Across Syria, needs are at their highest after nearly 12 years of a long, complex crisis, while humanitarian aid continues to fall short.”
She said that about 23 million people, including 1.4 million children, were likely to be exposed in both countries after the earthquake and aftershocks, which reduced thousands of buildings to rubble.
The WHO said it was sending emergency supplies including trauma and emergency surgical kits and activating a network of emergency medical teams.