4 September, Aden, Yemen – Access to quality health care can mean the difference between life and death for patients.
WHO Representative to Yemen Dr Arturo Pesigan explained: “In low- and middle-income countries such as Yemen, as many as 1 in 4 hospitalizations result in harm and 1 in 24 people die from unsafe care. This is a serious situation that needs to be addressed through action to strengthen the health system.”
Under the Emergency Human Capital Project (EHCP), supported by the World Bank, WHO provides holistic support to the authorities to enhance quality of care in Yemen’s health sector. This support began with training more than 2000 senior health workers on hospital care and management from 2019 onwards under the Emergency Health and Nutrition Project (EHNP), the predecessor project to EHCP.
Collaboration on quality of care has been significantly scaled up under the leadership of Minister of Public Health and Population His Excellency Dr Qasem Buhaibeh, who sees quality of care as a flagship ministerial initiative.
Said Dr Buhaibeh: “In collaboration with WHO, we have endorsed national quality standards, we have trained more than 400 health workers in applying these standards to their work, and developed improvement plans at all hospitals in the southern governorates to improve compliance.”
Read the success stories below to learn about the excellent progress made by 5 hospitals in Yemen to improve quality of care.
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