A nurse at a primary health care facility in Yemen said: “We are still opening the clinic every morning, but with fewer medicines, fewer staff, and more patients than we can handle. We work without salaries or incentives. Patients don’t even have blankets, and we cannot give them a single paracetamol because our medicine stocks are empty.”
Date: 4/26
Region: Middle East & North Africa
Country: Yemen
Topic: Health, Refugees & Displacement
Policy Lens: Security & Resilience
Entry Type: Field Observation
Additional Context: Health service continuity and referral systems are being undermined by cuts to humanitarian funding, driven in part by the U.S., which have resulted in fuel shortages, medicine stockouts, and health workers going unpaid. Nationwide, only 59.3% of health facilities remain fully functional, with most relying on temporary humanitarian or development support to continue operating. This health system contraction is unfolding amid large-scale outbreaks of cholera, measles, dengue, and polio.
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Devex Researcher Note: As of April 2026, $55.31 million in humanitarian health funding to Yemen has been reported, representing an 85% decrease from 2024 levels. U.S. contributions to the humanitarian response in Yemen, which stood at $793 million in 2024, fell to zero in 2026.
Source: Joint INGO statement