Escalating violence in Yemen is causing more casualties and displacement while pushing the country's fragile health system closer to collapse, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Thursday.
Escalating violence in #Yemen is causing more casualties and displacement, pushing an already fragile health system closer to collapse.Nearly 20 million people need health assistance, while outbreaks of cholera, measles, polio and dengue, as well as malnutrition, threaten more… pic.twitter.com/bODTu19jLc
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) September 17, 2026“WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health and frontline response, but access constraints and funding shortages are severely limiting our work,” Tedros clarified, calling for the protection of health workers and health facilities, safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and increased international support.
On September 16, UNICEF said more than 104,000 people, including over 57,000 children, had been displaced in two weeks amid renewed hostilities across Yemen. Since September 3, at least nine children had been reported killed, 12 injured, and three missing.
WHO estimated earlier this year that only around 60% of Yemen's health facilities remained fully functional, amid prolonged conflict, economic deterioration, food insecurity, disease outbreaks, displacement, and climate-related shocks.
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