The population of Yemen faces increasing health risks due to the weakness and collapse of the health sector in some areas, whether under the authority of the internationally recognized government or under the authority of the Houthi group, as the two authorities face great difficulties in financing the sector and providing its requirements of infrastructure, medicines, equipment and personnel.< /p>

In recent months, the country has recorded the return of diseases and epidemics that were previously considered extinct within its territory due to the prevention and treatment efforts made by the state over decades of time. It has also recorded the emergence of other new and unfamiliar diseases among the population. On Wednesday, Doctors Without Borders revealed for the first time the spread of larval migratory disease (Ancylostoma) in Hodeidah Governorate, west of the country.

◙ Yemen recorded the return of diseases and epidemics that were previously considered extinct within its territory due to the prevention and treatment efforts made by the state

The international organization’s office in Yemen said in a statement: “Doctors Without Borders teams are treating the spread of cutaneous larval migratory disease in the Hosh Zabit camp for displaced people in the Al-Qanawis district of Hodeidah Governorate.” The statement added that this disease "is a larvae that penetrates the skin and causes inflammation and itching." He reported that the organization is treating 89 families consisting of 623 individuals, in response to a request from the Health Office in Hodeidah, which is under the administration of the Houthi group.

He pointed out that "the MSF team conducted more than two hundred consultations, including 67 consultations for skin infections, and conducted health awareness sessions for more than 473 people to limit the spread of the disease." The organization distributed aid, including rubber boots, mosquito nets, and hygiene supplies such as soap, water containers, and others, to all affected families, according to the statement.

This comes with the continued spread of diseases in Yemen, including cholera, measles, dengue fever, and malaria, which in recent months have caused the death of hundreds of people. The war that broke out in the country more than ten years ago destroyed most sectors in Yemen, especially the health sector, and caused one of the most disastrous humanitarian crises in the world, according to the United Nations.