Its inclusion may have been unofficial, but respect for international humanitarian law — which included ending attacks on health care facilities worldwide — was still on the agenda at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul last week.
In Geneva, health ministers attending the World Health Assembly weighed in on a global strategy to meet current and future demands for a health workforce.
But while high-level aid officials and global health experts were in discussions on these topics and more last week, bombs exploded in the Syrian coastal cities of Tartous and Latakia, killing at least 148 people and leaving close to 200 injured.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
