Yemen: 10 years of lifesaving care in Ibb as needs remain critical

May 13, 2026

For the past 10 years, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been providing lifesaving surgical care at Al Qaeda General Hospital in the Dhi AsSufal district of Yemen’s Ibb governorate, responding to critical gaps in access to healthcare in...

Yemen: Acute watery diarrhoea surge puts people at risk in Ibb and Al-Hodeidah

September 3, 2025

As Yemen continues to endure one of the world’s longest-running humanitarian crises, the recent spike in acute watery diarrhoea cases in Ibb and Al-Hodeidah governorates has once again highlighted the fragility of the country’s healthcare system. There is an urgent...

Yemen: “We have a lot of people that die quickly” of COVID-19 in Yemen

June 5, 2020

A car drove up to the low, white building that is the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) COVID-19 treatment centre in Aden, southwestern Yemen. In it was a man aged around 60 who was coughing and struggling for breath. He managed...

Yemen: The indirect consequences of war for people in the country

June 25, 2019

Far from the bullets and bombs on the frontlines in Yemen, and in places like Ibb which are relatively calm, our staff witness the indirect consequences of the war on ordinary Yemenis. The collapse of the economy and the country's health...