The phrase "a lack of basic supplies" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where essential items or resources are insufficient or unavailable.
Example: "The relief efforts were hampered by a lack of basic supplies, making it difficult to assist those in need."
Alternatives: "insufficient basic supplies" or "shortage of essential supplies".
Her specialty is surgical preparation, but there are fewer surgeries being performed now, owing to a lack of basic supplies.
Soup kitchens for the middle class, a huge jump in homelessness and mental disease, daily suicides, lack of basic medicines, cancer patients turned away from pharmacies, and hospitals ceasing operation because of a lack of basic supplies.
Overcrowding leads to a range of obvious problems, from overuse of solitary confinement and more frequent lockdowns (since there are too many inmates for the staff to control) to a lack of basic supplies and unsanitary conditions.
UNICEF and UN partners step up humanitarian aid in southern Lebanon NEW YORK, USA, 28 August 2006 – As the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah holds in southern Lebanon and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan makes a diplomatic visit to the region, Lebanese children continue to suffer from inadequate services, water shortages and a lack of basic supplies.
By Blue Chevigny NEW YORK, USA, 28 August 2006 – As the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah holds in southern Lebanon and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan makes a diplomatic visit to the region, Lebanese children continue to suffer from inadequate services, water shortages and a lack of basic supplies.
From basic infrastructure such as running water and electrical power to the specific needs of surgical services, there is a glaring lack of basic supplies, personnel, and equipment.
Healthcare is rudimentary in South Sudan, with a lack of basic medical supplies dating back to the 1990s.
As a result, an agency may be capable of fully training health personnel to diagnose patients, but be hampered by a lack of basic medicinal supplies.
Cameron said he was "deeply disturbed" that those detained cannot always access medicines due to persistent lack of basic supplies, including TB medication, and that the same conditions considered in the Dudley Lee case persist, with "the air so thick one could cut it with a knife" due to poor ventilation.
Throughout the discussion, health workers complained about the lack of basic supplies to provide adequate care for the patient.
