A total of 246,711 residents in the southwestern city of Taiz have lost access to essential medical services due to the ongoing siege. The severe shortfall disproportionately endangers more than 186,000 children under the age of five as well as roughly 23,000 pregnant women. In response to these worsening conditions, Yemeni authorities are urging global organizations and donors to guarantee the safe, continuous delivery of fuel, oxygen, medicines, and other critical supplies.
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Health officials are demanding an immediate end to the Houthi siege affecting the southwe…: Health officials are demanding an immediate end to the Houthi siege affecting the southwestern city of Taiz.
Major humanitarian groups including the United Nations and the World Health Organization…: Major humanitarian groups including the United Nations and the World Health Organization have been urged to intervene.
Sustained international assistance is urgently required to guarantee the safe, continuous…: Sustained international assistance is urgently required to guarantee the safe, continuous distribution of vital healthcare aid.
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Yemen’s Health Ministry warns against escalating health and humanitarian crisis in Taiz
28 October 2026 23:23 GMT
The Yemeni Health Ministry warned on Wednesday against an escalating health and humanitarian crisis in the southwestern city Taiz and called for lifting the Houthi siege.
“246,711 people in Taiz have lost access to essential health services, including more than 186,000 children under the age of five and about 23,000 pregnant women,” according to a statement from the ministry.
“The ministry calls upon the United Nations, the World Health Organization, Unicef, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and donors to ensure the continuous and safe delivery of medicines, fuel, oxygen and medical supplies to Taiz,” it added.
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