Safia Ahmed, has been working as a nurse for 20 years now. She currently works at Al Fawaris health centre supported by the Minimum Service Package. Due to the ongoing war in Yemen she has lost her her income. 19 February 2019 – With a health system on the brink of collapse, and ongoing conflict causing one of the largest humanitarian crises in the...

12 February 2019 | Geneva | Cairo | Sanaʽa – Defying logistical challenges and despite ongoing civil unrest and instability, health-care workers in Yemen have been able to distribute medicines through large-scale treatment of people at risk of onchocerciasis in 33 districts of the country’s 8 governorates [1]. The 3-day campaign on 28–31 January...

Layan was finally able to sleep after crying from the pain of the cannula that has been attached in her hand for days4 February 2019 – “Mum, it hurts very much.” With tears in her eyes, 4-year-old Layan describes to her mother how she feels about the cannula that has been in her hand for days. Layan was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma – a...

24 January 2019, Sana’a, Yemen — With a generous donation of 2 million euros from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, the World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up efforts to meet health needs in Yemen through the health service delivery mechanism known as the Minimum Service Package. This is the first time since the start of the...

27 December 2018 ─ Al Sabeen Hospital in Sana’a has admitted many cholera patients over the last 2 years, including infants as young as 2 months. Many of them also suffer from acute malnutrition. At the peak of the cholera outbreak more than 150 patients a day were being admitted to Al Sabeen hospital with severe watery diarrhoea. Some 20% of the...

Seven-year-old Afaf travels more than 100 km of difficult roads to receive treatment for severe acute malnutrition17 December 2018 – Afaf, 7, has come to Aslam district to Al Jumhouri Hospital in Hajjah governorate, Yemen, a journey of more than a 100 km over difficult roads, to receive treatment for severe acute malnutrition and other problems. “When...

Dr Abdulrahman Al-Hadi faces a sad reality daily, one that reflects the overall situation in Yemen. “Some patients die because life-saving medications are unavailable at the Centre. Some medications cost US$ 100 or more and people don’t have even a fraction of that amount” (Photo: WHO/Sadeq Al-Wesabi).20 November 2018 – Millions are living through...

It takes Taqiya Ali, 70, 3 hours from her home town of Al Saudah to Azal Health Centre in Sana’a, where she was diagnosed with cholera. During the drive, she experienced severe diarrhoea and vomiting, causing her to faint many times (Photo: WHO/ Hanan Ishaq)7 November 2018 –More than 3 and a half years of war and conflict in Yemen have resulted...

Dissipated sense of security With the recent escalation of conflict in the port town of Al-Hudaydah, thousands of people were forced to flee to the capital city Sana’a to escape the insecurity and increasing poverty, malnutrition and disease outbreaks. These displaced people include Yemen’s most vulnerable: the elderly, pregnant women, people who...

Al-Olofi Hospital in Al-Hudaydah23 February 2017, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen - “Hospital staff have not received their salaries for the past 5 months. There are acute shortages of certain medicines and we need more fuel to ensure the hospital has electricity,” says Dr Khaled Suhail, Director of Al-Tharwa Hospital in Yemen’s third largest city,...