Yemen’s health system could collapse in some areas, minister warns
- Yemen’s healthcare system may not be able to support the population as war strains resources, minister tells Al Jazeera.
- Some areas in Yemen could suffer from a complete loss of health services if a decline in funding continues, Yemen’s Minister of Public Health and Population Qasim Buhaibeh has told Al Jazeera.
- He said that the health sector may not be able to absorb additional waves of displacement from the ongoing war while a lack of resources has forced the closure of health facilities and caused shortages of medicines, supplies and fuel.
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- Yemen’s healthcare system may not be able to support the population as war strains resources, minister tells Al Jazeera.
- Some areas in Yemen could suffer from a complete loss of health services if a decline in funding continues, Yemen’s Minister of Public Health and Population Qasim Buhaibeh has told Al Jazeera.
- He said that the health sector may not be able to absorb additional waves of displacement from the ongoing war while a lack of resources has forced the closure of health facilities and caused shortages of medicines, supplies and fuel.
Sources: Al Jazeera