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,...

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