2023-04-17 03:04:00
Report: The possibility of an unusually high death rate, especially if malnutrition rates continue to rise
A United Nations report stated that the number of measles cases in Yemen has risen to more than nine thousand, resulting in the death of dozens of children since the beginning of this year.
Diseases and epidemics strike Yemen in the midst of a nine-year war that has claimed the lives of thousands of Yemenis in light of a significant deterioration in the health sector, which caused the war to close half of its medical facilities.
And it was stated in a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen on Sunday, that since the beginning of the year, “measles cases have risen to 9418, with the death of 77 children, and the cases of polio, diphtheria and whooping cough are on the rise, as well as the increase in the number of deaths caused.” for every disease.
The report indicated that Yemen recorded more than 22,000 measles cases last year, including 161 deaths, warning of the possibility of an unusually high death rate, especially if malnutrition rates continue to increase.
The report also stated that 228 children have been paralyzed since 2021.
The war in Yemen, which the United Nations says is suffering the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, has destroyed the health infrastructure of a country living in grinding poverty and where 80 percent of its 32.6 million people depend on aid.
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