Ban Ki-Moon condemns killing of health workers in Nigeria

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, has strongly condemned the killings of three doctors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in Yobe State, Nigeria and nine health workers days earlier in Kano State.
Ki-Moon offered his “sincere condolences” to the families of all the victims a statement by his spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The statement added: “Those killed were working selflessly to provide basic lifesaving interventions to the most vulnerable people.
“Such attacks severely limit health workers’ access to the populations who need them most and could have devastating effects in the fight to improve the health of people everywhere.
“These acts of outrageous violence towards health workers around the world are unacceptable.
“The Secretary-General encourages all countries to protect health workers so that they can continue to better the health of populations and save lives.”