The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned of increasing humanitarian repercussions in the Yemeni province of Taiz, emphasizing that restrictions on access to the city have disrupted essential services, particularly maternal care and reproductive health services for women and girls.
The office stated in a statement published yesterday, Friday, on its website, that more than 147,000 women and girls of reproductive age are facing increasing difficulties in accessing life-saving healthcare, amid a decline in the operational capacity of health facilities, with only five of the 27 hospitals designated to provide emergency services for mothers and newborns currently operational.
For its part, OCHA pointed out that more than 13,000 pregnant women in Taiz are facing significant challenges in accessing healthcare services, including approximately 1,500 women expected to give birth in the coming two weeks, with hundreds of cases likely requiring emergency obstetric care.
The office noted that about three-quarters of services dedicated to protecting women and girls from violence in the province have ceased, including safe spaces and shelters. Furthermore, it has become impossible to deliver essential aid supplies intended for displaced women and girls, exacerbating their vulnerability and multiplying the risks they may face.
In the same context, the Yemeni Rights and Freedoms Network documented 219 crimes and violations, stating that the Houthi militia committed them in the province of Taiz over the past two days. The network clarified in a report published last Thursday that the violations included killing, injury, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, raiding and looting homes, shelling residential neighborhoods, and imposing a siege on the city.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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