Health situation in Yemen, particularly of children, has seen double deterioration since the Houthi militias and the forces loyal to deposed president Saleh usurped power in Sanaa, leading to a considerable drop in the country's general services, particularly in the health field, whereas they dared to prevent the delivery of medical aid and destroyed a number of medical facilities and institutions, official reports from there said. The report, issued by the Security Council, documented violations of the militias using centralized hospitals, clinics and medical facilities for military purposes. The report verified 59 incidents including attacks on 34 hospitals, in Aden and Taiz, attributed to rebels specifically, out of them six on medical facilities ten times in Aden and three health facilities in Taiz in 23 separate incidents. Most recently, the UN undersecretary for humanitarian affairs Stephen O'Bryan was barred from inspecting health and medical institutions in besieged Taiz. Meanwhile, Riyadh-based King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid is leading international efforts for the rehabilitation of hospitals and the health sector in Yemen, through organized programs for the provision of medical services affected by the chaos the coup has created in the country. The Riyadh-based center has sent more than 58 trucks carrying more than 600 tons of medical and therapeutic supplies to all Yemeni provinces, starting with Aden and Marib. Funded by the Center and in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), King Salman Center managed to open many centers as part of the therapeutic nutrition program and published several mobile teams providing medical treatment and following-up cases of acute malnutrition continuously. In the cities of Al-Dhalea and Shabwa, the center managed to provide training for 3153 health workers on the social management of acute malnutrition, opened 854 centers of treating nutrition programs, deployed new mobile teams all over Yemen and provided treatment for 258067 children suffering from acute malnutrition. The Center also formed 29 new moving teams to reach remote areas, with more than 2800 duties, provided the vaccines for 8111 children suffering from malnutrition and provided vitamins to some 73,000 child. In the health field, the Center has provided support for the implementation of five integrated activities included immunization, reproductive health services, antenatal care and postnatal care in addition to integrated management of childhood illnesses in addition to doing scans to 1,221,811 children to ascertain the extent of their disease. The centre also provided five-time anti-measles vaccines for 261000 Yemeni children, services for pregnant women and post-delivery care for 222659 women. The center supported the operational activities project for 145 moving teams to provide vaccination supplies and integrated service for childhood disease contractors, pregnancy care and post-delivery services for 409037 child and 387435 women consecutively. The center also purchased high-voltage diesel-powered generators in addition to solar-powered 45 cooling units to be utilized in the pharmaceutical storage facilities in the provinces and districts, as well as providing psychological support for 106314 children, including 57620 males and 48694 females. With the support of the center, an epidemic of dengue fever was dealt with through electronic system for early warning of diseases in 1242 health regions covering 312 directorates, training of 2500 health workers, affiliated to disease discovery and early warning centers, implementation of pesticides spraying included several provinces and the operating hot communication lines to notify for emergencies and disease eruptions, including dengue fever. The centre also provided 12,000,000 vaccines for Yemeni children against measles and rubella diseases and tetanus and whooping cough. While the scarcity of petroleum products constituted a major challenge threatening to paralyze the the work of health authorities, including operation rooms and emergency incubators for premature babies and other services, King Salman Center for Relief and humanitarian Aid, in collaboration with World Health Organization succeeded to prevent stoppage of such services through providing basic services such as a chain of cooling vaccine, diabetes and cancer medicines, blood banks and operation and emergency rooms through the provision of 1,300,000 liters of fuel for 88 hospitals and 19 health facilities in Yemen. King Salman center, in partnership with the WHO, was able to provide medical tests, treatment and illumination for a big number of population. In this regard, as many as 17280 child have been treated, 3528 benefited from a series of health acculturation sessions, provided support for treating nutrition centers in seven provinces, including Aden, Luhaj and Taiz, secured basic medicines and provided specialized training courses as part of the acute malnutrition program for children in Yemen.
