Yemen Health System at 'Breaking Point': WHO
The UN health agency said only 60% of Yemen’s health facilities are fully functional as it braces for wider disease outbreaks.
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France24Yemen health system at 'breaking point': WHO
A renewed ground campaign waged by the Iran-backed Houthis against Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces has left hundreds dead and is deepening the country's humanitarian crisis, with at least 145,000 people displaced this month alone, United Nations figures show. And the country's health system -- already weakened by over a decade of civil war -- is on the brink. "Yemen's latest escalation is pushing an already fragile health system towards …
The recent escalation of the conflict in Yemen places the local health system close to the point of rupture, warned the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, also referring to the risk of spread of epidemics such as cholera, measles or dengue fever.
4,481 casualties, including 838 deaths, recorded since Aug. 6, over 180,500 people displaced across 10 governorates
WHO WARNS HEALTH SYSTEM IN YEMEN NEARING ‘BREAKING POINT’ AS CASUALTIES, DISPLACEMENT RISE
Tue 29 September 2026: Yemen’s latest conflict escalation is pushing its already fragile health system toward a “breaking point,” with casualties and displacement rising while essential services face mounting pressure, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday. Annette Heinzelmann, WHO regional emergency director for the Eastern Mediterranean, told journalists in Geneva that 4,481 casualties, including […]
145,000 people displaced: Yemen health system at 'breaking point': WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) recorded 838 deaths and 3643 injuries as a result of the military escalation in Yemen between government forces and the Al-Houthi group since last 6 August, while the number of displaced persons exceeded .
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