The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of critical shortages of fuel, oxygen, medicines, and medical supplies at hospitals in Yemen’s Taiz governorate. The agency estimates that 42 health facilities in Taiz city alone face acute shortages, with fuel shortages disrupting water pumping and sanitation, increasing the risk of cholera and other diseases among displaced people. WHO called for the “immediate facilitation of safe, sustained, and unhindered humanitarian access to Taiz, through all available routes,…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of critical shortages of fuel, oxygen, med…: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of critical shortages of fuel, oxygen, medicines, and medical supplies at hospitals in Yemen’s Taiz governorate.
The agency estimates that 42 health facilities in Taiz city alone face acute shortages, w…: The agency estimates that 42 health facilities in Taiz city alone face acute shortages, with fuel shortages disrupting water pumping and sanitation, increasing the risk of cholera and other diseases among displaced people.
WHO called for the “immediate facilitation of safe, sustained, and unhindered humanitaria…: WHO called for the “immediate facilitation of safe, sustained, and unhindered humanitarian access to Taiz, through all available routes, and urgent funding to replenish critical supplies and sustain essential health services.”
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WHO warns of critical shortages at hospitals in Yemen’s Taiz
22 October 2026 23:31 BST
Hospitals in Yemen’s Taiz governorate are struggling to treat patients as fuel, oxygen, medicines and medical supplies run critically low, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
The agency said 42 health facilities in Taiz city alone face acute shortages. Fuel shortages are also disrupting water pumping and sanitation, increasing the risk of cholera and other diseases among hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
WHO called for the “immediate facilitation of safe, sustained and unhindered humanitarian access to Taiz, through all available routes, and urgent funding to replenish critical supplies and sustain essential health services”.
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