Yemen: "Sometimes you see more than 500 wounded a week"

613 views · Published 29 March 2018 · 2:08 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA · 2018 · News & Politics

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MSF Head of Mission in Yemen Djoen Besselink describes the impact of the three-year-long conflict on civilians, and what's it's like to try to provide medical care in that context.

In Yemen MSF works in 13 hospitals and health centers and provides support to more than 20 other hospitals or health centers across 11 Yemeni governorates: Taiz, Aden, Ad Dhale, Sa’ada, Amran, Hajjah, Ibb, Sana’a, Abyan, Shabwa and Lahj.

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