As Yemen continues to endure one of the world’s longest-running humanitarian crises, the recent spike in acute watery diarrhoea cases in Ibb and Al-Hodeidah governorates has once again highlighted the fragility of the country’s healthcare system. There is an urgent need for sustained humanitarian support, so that people most affected by the outbreak can access … Read more
A car drove up to the low, white building that is the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) COVID-19 treatment centre in Aden, southwestern Yemen. In it was a man aged around 60 who was coughing and struggling for breath. He managed to heave himself into a wheelchair and then the team took him down to the … Read more
Far from the bullets and bombs on the frontlines in Yemen, and in places like Ibb which are relatively calm, our staff witness the indirect consequences of the war on ordinary Yemenis. The collapse of the economy and the country’s health infrastructure has meant that many people are unable to afford transportation to the few and … Read more