8 February 2023 – WHO is partnering with the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to ensure that pregnant mothers and newborns keep receiving vital and often life-saving care.
The Al Mukalla Hospital is the only public hospital providing obstetrics, gynecology, newborn care services in the seaport city of Al Mukalla, Yemen’s sixth-largest city. Public access to essential health services in the city has been continuously impacted by surrounding conflict since 2015. Meanwhile, the yearly number of births at the Al Mukalla Hospital has averaged between 4,000 and 7,000 from 2019 to 2022. The hospital is also a referral and medical training facility for Yemen’s largest governorate, Hadramaut, and its four surrounding governorates of Shabwah, Al-Mahrah, Sayoun, and Socotra.