{"id":987790495,"date":"2021-09-14T12:48:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T11:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=documents&#038;p=987790495"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:58:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:58:20","slug":"health-sector-in-yemen-a-world-bank-policy-note-2021","status":"publish","type":"documents","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/documents\/health-sector-in-yemen-a-world-bank-policy-note-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Sector in Yemen \u2013 A World Bank Policy Note 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;TO BE EDITED &#8211; TEXT &#8211; Click on the WHEEL icon to open the text-area where you can type your text. Add a paragraph to introduce the Document&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"prose dark:prose-invert inline leading-relaxed break-words min-w-0 [word-break:break-word] prose-strong:font-medium [&amp;_&gt;*:first-child]:mt-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Yemen\u2019s health sector is in crisis due to prolonged conflict, economic decline, and institutional collapse, with only half of health facilities fully functional and most people struggling to access essential services. Shortages of healthcare workers, equipment, and supplies severely hinder service provision, and governance challenges persist amid ongoing violence. Health outcomes have worsened, including high levels of malnutrition, low immunization coverage, and frequent outbreaks of communicable diseases, while maternal and child mortality rates are alarmingly high. The conflict is now the third leading cause of death in Yemen, directly impacting population health alongside familiar killers like heart disease and neonatal disorders. Reliance on external funding\u2014now drastically reduced\u2014plus the challenges of COVID-19, leaves Yemen\u2019s fragile health system at risk of further collapse and unable to withstand emerging threats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yemen\u2019s health sector is in crisis due to prolonged conflict, economic decline, and institutional collapse, with only half of health facilities fully functional and most people struggling to access essential services. Shortages of healthcare workers, equipment, and supplies severely hinder service provision, and governance challenges persist amid ongoing violence. Health outcomes have worsened, including high&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2098,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3026,3046],"document_type":[2336],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987790495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/documents"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2098"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987790495"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987790495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987790515,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987790495\/revisions\/987790515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987790495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987790495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987790495"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=987790495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}