HIGHLIGHTS
The renal dialysis center in Haradh district Hajjah Governorate, treating an average of 57 chronic renal failure cases per month has closed down due to inaccessibility by patients and health personnel.
A second medical clinic supported by WHO has been launched in Al-Mukalla city, Hadramout to support delivery of health services for an estimated 2550 internally displaced families.
Thirty nine (39) health facilities including 27 hospitals and 11 health centers in 11 governorates have been directly damaged as a result of the ongoing crisis.
On 15 August 2015, WHO, UNICEF and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) launched National Immunization campaign targeting 5 039 936 children under the age of 5 years for polio and 1 450 998 children aged 6 month to 15 years for measles and rubella.
Sixty (60) Medical Doctors each from five governorates from the Electronic Disease Early Warning and Response System (eDEWS) program namely: Hodeida, Mukala, Ibb, Sana’a city and Hajjaa were trained on outbreak investigation and case management of dengue fever and diarrhoea diseases.