Medical

HAJJAH, The Supreme Council for Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (SCMCHA) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have discussed ways to enhance health cooperation in Hajjah province. Director of SCMCHA’s branch in Hajjah province Allan Fadhael and the ICRC health coordinator in Sa’ada province Ms. Julia reviewed the ICRC’s health interventions […]

PROVINCES, Three citizens were killed and injured in a Saudi shelling on the border areas in Saada, a security official said on Monday. While the US-Saudi aggression aircraft launched 11 raids on the capital Sana’a and Marib provinces during the past 24 hours. A citizen was killed and two others were injured in a Saudi […]

HAJJAH, Al-Jumhori hospital chairman in Hajjah province discussed on Tuesday with the Italian Emergency Organization (Emergency) representative the implementation mechanism of the second stage of the September 21 medical complex project for emergencies and accidents. Hospital chairman Abdulmalik Jahaf affirmed the need to start implementing the second phase, which includes furnishing and equipping the complex, […]

HODEIDA, Hodeida province acting governor discussed on Tuesday with the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Yemen aspects of health support that the ICRC could provide to. Mohammed Qahim and Katharina Ritz reviewed the need for continuing to provide services to the sick and wounded at al-Thawra Hospital and the […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the continent of Africa surged past two million total COVID-19 cases this week because of large family gatherings, workplace interactions, and gatherings related to elections occurring in several countries. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the 54-nation continent passed the two million cases mark this week, […]

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – Activists in Cameroon held events and marches for Thursday’s World Toilet Day, calling on authorities to provide more public bathrooms. Cameroonian authorities say 60% of its 25 million people lack toilets, fueling the spread of diseases such as cholera and dysentery. School authorities at Yaoundé’s Government Primary School Efoulan say they have […]

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia on Saturday denounced “belligerent threats” over the huge dam it has nearly completed on the Blue Nile River, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said downstream Egypt will “blow up” the project it has called an existential threat. Ethiopia’s foreign minister summoned the U.S. ambassador to seek clarification, saying […]

SANA’A, The Ministry of Public Health and Population expressed on Thursday full readiness to check over the released prisoners and to deal with any health problems they have. The ministry has mobilized its staff and medical cadres to treat the freed prisoners from the army and popular committees who arrived this afternoon, Ministry’s spokesman Dr. […]

TAIZ, A child was killed following the aerial bombardment of a school in Sala district in Taiz province, an official at the health office told Saba on Sunday. The official added that the mercenaries’ bombardment of the May 22 school also injured a woman and two children in the same district. He condemned the targeting […]