World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (center) and Syrian Health Minister Hassan al-Ghabash (center left) visit an area in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Feb. 11, 2023, five days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria. AFP PHOTO
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (center) and Syrian Health Minister Hassan al-Ghabash (center left) visit an area in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Feb. 11, 2023, five days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria. AFP PHOTO
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (center) and Syrian Health Minister Hassan al-Ghabash (center left) visit an area in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Feb. 11, 2023, five days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria. AFP PHOTO

CURRENT disease outbreaks highlight the need for every country to ramp up its care systems, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Wednesday.

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