our ngo brings bodies to be cremated directly from homes or victims. the government only counts related deaths of victims who die in a hospital. the world health organization asked a panel of international experts to calculate the global death toll due to the crisis. in the first two years of the pandemic, worldwide, it was thought around 5.5 million people died from covid. but because of patchy testing, poor record keeping in some parts of the world, and the fact that some people died of non covid causes during lockdowns, the world health organization now thinks that figure might be more like 15 million. it s a tragedy. this is a staggering number. and it s important for us to honour the lives that are lost, and we have to hold the policymakers accountable, also.
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kitchen, a nonprofit serving nutritious food in wake of disaser it. he s also an author of the book we fed an island, the true story of rebuilding puerto rico one meal at a time. chef, so nice to see you. what are you seeing and hearing there in florida? well, i just landed a couple of hours ago. my team has been here already. we came like two, three, days before the hurricane hit, and, you know, i got lost trying to come to the eoc, and i saw a lot of destruction, and a lot of darkness already. signs obviously saying we will shoot you if you don t behave. what i can tell you is that so far we do what we do. our ngo, we try to provide food relief to people in need. we start by the eoc members,
patties and, they are devastated by the loss of colleagues providing medical assistance in remote parts of afghanistan and here s more from the group s director. as things stand right now, i am not thinking of withdrawing from afghanistan. our ngo worked here well over four decades. and, we remember there were times when security was much worse than it is right now. i am i have worked in afghanistan and i am a guest of the people and of the government. reporter: and they say that their faith motivates them but it does not they do not propose proselytize, and they say it inspires and motivates them, but they do not proselytize. patti ann: what does it say about the approach at this part of the war. it suggest that is are going