Yemen: Event in Taiz
UN Population Fund says over 13,000 pregnant women lack essential healthcare in Yemen’s Taiz More than 13,000 pregnant women in Yemen’s Taiz region lack essential healthcare as intensified fighting disrupts medical services, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) warned on Tuesday, raising concerns over the possible closure of the city’s main maternity hospital, Anadolu reports. Francesco Galtieri, UNFPA’s Yemen representative, told reporters in Geneva via video link from Aden that nearly 300,000 people have been displaced since August, with displacement from the western coast and Taiz tripling. He said more than half of those displaced are women and children, while women head 33% of displaced families. Of the 27 designated emergency maternal and newborn hospitals, only five remain partially functional, leaving more than 147,000 women and girls of reproductive age with severely restricted access to […]
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