Health in Yemen
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Much of Yemen's health care developments were undone after the escalation of conflict in 2015, which severely disrupted the delivery of health care. Damage to infrastructure and shortages of personnel and supplies caused a quick deterioration in health indicators as documented by the WBG. United Nations agencies identify the ongoing food crisis as a major cause of poor health outcomes. In 2020, WHO and UN estimated that 45% or about 13.5 million people in Yemen required urgent nutritional assistance, including between 540.00 to 98.000 children under five with severe acute malnutrition.
Assessments indicate that the health system faces severe capacity limitations. According to WHO's 2024 HeRAMS survey, which assessed health facilities across 16 governorates, 45% were fully functional, 38% partially functional, and 17% non functional. The same survey calculated inpatient care capacity to be approximately 6.2 hospital beds per 10,000 persons. Health Cluster data from 2023 indicate that 21.9 million people required health assistance. Workforce shortages are pronounced; 49 of 276 districts were reported to have no physicians, while about 42% had two or fewer. Estimates from the World Bank Group and WHO suggest a physician density of roughly 3 per 10,000 population. Maternal and child health services have been particularly affected, with international agencies reporting elevated maternal and infant mortality rates compared to global averages.
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