Hospitals provide lifesaving medical care to people suffering from severe illness, injuries, complications from chronic diseases and other critical medical conditions. In Yemen, when people need health care, they often turn first to the nearest hospital.

Since the start of Yemen’s protracted crisis, WHO and the country’s health authorities, in partnership with the World Bank, have helped prevent the collapse of more than 100 hospitals.

WHO support provides essential resources like medicines and equipment, and fuel to mitigate frequent power cuts, benefiting millions of Yemenis. Between November 2023 and June 2024, over 3.9 million people received health care at supported hospitals: 1.1 million people were treated in emergency rooms, 324 000 received inpatient care and 206 000 surgeries, 93 000 deliveries and 38 000 caesarean sections were performed.