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Women at the forefront of Yemen's healthcare response to COVID-19
1 December 2022 – Dr Reem Tawfiq Ali Saeed is the director of the Al-Tawahi Health Center on the outskirts of Aden, in South Yemen. During her six months as the center’s director, Dr Saeed has already faced multiple difficulties in managing the needs of both patients and staff.
The support we receive from the World Health Organization and KSrelief [King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center] is extensive, and includes the provision of vaccines to fight the spread of COVID-19, said Dr Saeed.
Aiding Yemen’s children
21 November 2022 – Children under age five are among the most vulnerable of all Yemenis to the ravages of disease, food insecurity, unsafe water, and other ever-present threats to their survival.
Summer Mansour Hussein is the mother of five children. Her youngest, Malka, is extremely fortunate to have reached her first birthday after nearly succumbing to severe acute malnutrition (SAM) that stalks the infants and young children of Yemen’s IDP camps in league with outbreaks of deadly and debilitating communicable diseases.
Quality of health care in Yemen: a matter of life and death
13 November 2022 – Over the past five years, WHO and the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPHP) have worked together with the World Bank’s International Development Association to prevent the collapse of Yemen’s health system.
More than 70 hospitals have received needed commodities to keep serving communities even during times of intense conflict. Key support provided includes fuel, oxygen, water, medicines, consumables, equipment and training. Now, under the Emergency Human Capital Project (EHCP), key action areas include sustaining support to hospitals and zeroing-in to improve the quality of care that patients receive.
All too often, quality is a matter of life-or-death for patients. Globally, unsafe care is among the 10 leading causes of death and disability. Medical errors related to diagnosis, prescriptions, use of medicines, and unsatisfactory cleaning and hygiene practices are some of the major causes of patient harm.
Health workers still fighting COVID-19 in an exhausted health system
8 November 2022 – In Yemen, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a catastrophic health crisis – compounding one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises, and further straining a long-exhausted health care system that is simultaneously struggling to prepare for and respond to a continuous chain of other disease outbreaks.
Although the current number of reported COVID-19 cases in Yemen is 11,926, with 2,155 confirmed deaths to date, the actual numbers are underreported and undoubtedly far higher. A prevailing lack of community awareness about COVID-19 and the necessity and safety of vaccines has strongly contributed to the spread of the virus and its toll on people’s lives.
In partnership with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of the Federal Republic of Germany, WHO has focused on procuring and distributing new COVID-19 vaccines and supplies, and scaling up the capacities of Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPHP) to test, diagnose and vaccinate for COVID-19. This partnership is further enabling the MoPHP to better manage COVID-19 caseloads, and undertake health promotion activities in governments and districts controlled by the Internally Recognized Government (IRG). About 1,000 COVID-19 patients in hospital isolation units have also been aided with life-saving medical oxygen supplies.
