Why does Yemen have one of the highest COVID-19 fatality rates in the world?
Over 1 in 4 people who tested positive died in the last few months.
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Over 1 in 4 people who tested positive died in the last few months.
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Firstly, conflict has devastated Yemenβs health care system.
Over 50% of the hospitals and clinics are closed.
Millions of people have no access to any medical care.
Over 50% of the hospitals and clinics are closed.
Millions of people have no access to any medical care.
In the few health centres which are working, there is often no basic equipment like masks and gloves, let alone oxygen and other essential supplies to treat COVID-19.
Health professionals are working hard, but they have no protective gear, and most are receiving no salaries.
Health professionals are working hard, but they have no protective gear, and most are receiving no salaries.
And the conflict makes it even harder for people to protect themselves.
So what about preventative measures?
So what about preventative measures?
17.8 million people lack access to safe water.
How can anyone wash their hands when the taps are dry or key water systems are damaged?
How can anyone wash their hands when the taps are dry or key water systems are damaged?
This rainy season, Yemen suffered torrential rainfall.
Hundreds died and thousands lost their homes, as floods ripped through urban areas.
How can you stay home when itβs been washed away?
Hundreds died and thousands lost their homes, as floods ripped through urban areas.
How can you stay home when itβs been washed away?
80% of people in Yemen rely on aid to survive.
High levels of inflation made food, medicine and other basic goods almost unaffordable.
This was before the pandemic.
High levels of inflation made food, medicine and other basic goods almost unaffordable.
This was before the pandemic.
Yemenβs economy relies on imported goods.
COVID-19βs disrupted the global supply chains has forced companies out of business.
How can you take care of your family without an income, without food and without lifeβs essentials?
COVID-19βs disrupted the global supply chains has forced companies out of business.
How can you take care of your family without an income, without food and without lifeβs essentials?
Last weekend we opened a free COVID treatment centre in Aden.
The Red Cross Red Crescent family are making sure Yemen doesnβt face this alone. icrc.org
The Red Cross Red Crescent family are making sure Yemen doesnβt face this alone. icrc.org
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