Mental health services in Yemen are “very limited”

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On Sunday, the World Health Organization reported that access to mental health services in Yemen is “very limited.”

The United Nations stated in a tweet via Twitter that “the ability to access mental health services is very limited in Yemen, at a time when the country is being devastated by the conflict.”

“As part of the support of the World Health Organization and the Government of Japan, 23 packages containing psychiatric supplies were provided to 15 hospitals,” she said.

The organization indicated that “8 packages were also provided to the National Mental Health Program (governmental)”, without further details.

According to UN and governmental reports, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of mental illness cases in Yemen, due to the difficult conditions caused by the war.

Yemen has been witnessing for nearly 7 years a continuous war between the pro-government forces backed by an Arab military alliance led by the neighboring Saudi Arabia, and the Iranian-backed Houthis, who have controlled several governorates, including the capital, Sanaa, since September 2014.

The United Nations says that by the end of 2021, the war in Yemen will have killed 377,000 people directly and indirectly.
The war has cost the country’s economy $126 billion, in one of the worst humanitarian and economic crises in the world, with most of the population of 30 million dependent on aid, according to the United Nations.

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