Yemen conflict enters 10th year with over 17 million people in need of health aid
Yemen conflict enters 10th year with over 17 million people in need of health aid
25 March 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The conflict in Yemen enters its 10th year today, with over half of the country’s population in desperate need of aid and an estimated 17.8 million people requiring health assistance, 50% of them children.
“It’s almost as if ongoing conflicts have become an accepted part of the everyday realities of life in the region. It’s important to step back and remember that hungry children, disease outbreaks, hospitals shutting down … these are not to be normalized,” said Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean.
“The conflict has destroyed everything … many health facilities have shut down, epidemics have spread, the diseases that felt like a part of the past have returned, such as polio and cholera,” said Dr Eman Tajeldeen, who works at the Central Laboratory in Aden. “We love Yemen, and we would love to see Yemen back.”
Occupied Palestinian territory health crisis 2023
occupied Palestinian territory health crisis 2023
Since 7 October 2023, the escalating crisis in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory has caused large numbers of civilian deaths and injuries.
In the Gaza Strip, airstrikes and a lack of medical supplies, food, water and fuel have virtually depleted an already under-resourced health system. Hospitals have been operating far beyond capacity due to rising numbers of patients as well as displaced civilians seeking shelter. The provision of essential health services – from maternal and newborn care to treatment for chronic conditions – has been severely compromised.
Suite à la destruction par un incendie du camp de réfugiés d’Al Takamol au Soudan, l’OMS apporte son assistance sanitaire et évalue les besoins à venir
Suite à la destruction par un incendie du camp de réfugiés d’Al Takamol au Soudan, l’OMS apporte son assistance sanitaire et évalue les besoins à venir
7 février 2023 – Le 17 janvier dernier, plus de 450 familles réfugiées au Soudan ont vécu une soirée éprouvante lorsque leur camp d’Al Takamol s’est embrasé, entraînant un décès, plusieurs cas de brûlures et de fractures et la destruction de leurs biens, entre autres dommages vitaux. Près de la moitié des 2000 personnes résidant dans le camp sont des enfants, tandis que 32 % sont des personnes âgées. Une équipe conjointe a rapidement été dépêchée par le ministère de la Santé de l’État de Khartoum et l’OMS au Soudan – premier intervenant des Nations Unies à apporter son soutien aux services de santé suite à la catastrophe – pour une analyse rapide de la situation et l’intensification de l’assistance nécessaire.