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: Children Cannot Wait- Funding Cuts Worsen the Paediatric Care Crisis

April 29, 2026

In Hajjah and Hudaydah governates, northern Yemen, shrinking humanitarian funding and withdrawal of many actors from northern areas of the country is leading to the closure or reduction of health services, leaving families with fewer options for care. As nearby...

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: MSF hands over the mother and child hospital in Taiz Houban after a decade of lifesaving care

September 1, 2025

Taiz Houban, Yemen- Since 2015, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has operated the mother and child hospital in Al-Houban, Taiz governorate — one of the few facilities providing free, high-quality healthcare in a region deeply affected by more than a...

Yemen: Addressing acute watery diarrhoea

June 7, 2024

Twenty out of Yemen’s 22 governorates have seen a surge in the number of people with acute watery diarrhoea, as more than 63,000 cases have been reported in the country as of 31 May, according to health authorities. Despite the...

Yemen: Giving birth in the face of persistent obstacles in Taiz

February 2, 2023

Nogood Mohammad Ahmed Shamsan was lying under the covers of her bed, exhausted. She rested her left hand on her belly trying to provide comfort while she drew long, slow breaths. Next to Nogood was her mother sitting in a...

Yemen: Thousands desperate for food, water and shelter in conflict-hit Marib

January 30, 2022

“We don’t have blankets to cover ourselves,” says Aafia, one of the thousands of internally displaced people sheltering in Marib governorate, Yemen. “My children have no warm clothes and I don’t have enough food to feed them.” The scene in Marib is...

New Year babies: The first MSF newborns of 2022

January 20, 2022

There is always a reason to find hope. For a second uncertain year in a row, many countries have faced the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, while, at the same time, conflict, disaster and obstacles to accessing care have hit...

Yemen: The rise of severe mental health conditions in the country

November 16, 2021

Now in its seventh year, the crisis in Yemen is no longer headline news. But the conflict continues to have a devastating impact on people’s wellbeing, and on their mental health in particular. In Hajjah, where our teams have found a high need for...

Yemen: Seeking healthcare in Taiz, a city split by a frontline

August 24, 2021

“The constant fear and the feeling of being close to death is horrific,” says Wafa Muhammad Abdullah. “We have been bombarded with shells. A shell once hit my sister and injured one of her eyes. I can never forget seeing...

Yemen: Treating COVID-19 amongst fear, stigma and misinformation

August 11, 2021

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen; stigma, disinformation, fear of detention and lack of knowledge on the presence of isolation centres continue to deter people from seeking timely treatment for the disease. “Some patients stay at home for a...

Yemen: COVID-19 support desperately needed as second wave overwhelms the country

March 25, 2021

ADEN – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is seeing a dramatic influx of critically ill COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalisation in Aden, Yemen and many other parts of the country. “We are urging all medical humanitarian organisations already present in Yemen to rapidly scale up...