The United Nations has issued a dire warning about the state of Yemen's health system, describing it as severely overburdened and edging closer to collapse. 

Years of conflict have devastated the country's infrastructure, leaving nearly half of its health facilities either partially functioning or completely out of service. 

Shortages of medical staff, electricity, and essential medicines have exacerbated the crisis.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 12.9 million Yemenis are in urgent need of humanitarian healthcare, including 540,000 children under five suffering from severe acute malnutrition. 

Disease outbreaks such as measles, diphtheria, dengue, cholera, and polio are accelerating, fueled by mass displacements, disrupted water and sanitation networks, and low immunization coverage.

The UN has called for increased international funding to address the crisis, warning that without immediate intervention, the health system's deterioration will have catastrophic consequences for millions of vulnerable people. 

Efforts to sustain healthcare services are ongoing, but the scale of the crisis demands urgent and coordinated action. You can find more details here.