More than half of healthcare facilities in Yemen are closed or only partially functioning and there are critical shortages of doctors in much of the country, according to a World Health Organization survey.
More than 7,000 people have died and more than 36,000 have been injured since violence erupted about 18 months ago between government forces and rebel Houthis.
The WHO survey found that of more than 3,500 health facilities involved in the survey, only 45 per cent were fully functional and accessible, 38 per cent were partly functional and 17 per cent were non-functional.
It also found that 49 out of 276 districts had no medical doctors and 42 per cent of the districts surveyed had two doctors or less. There are only 6.2 beds available for every 10,000 people, a figure well below the international benchmark.
Less than 40 per cent of health facilities were found able to provide a full package of health care services.
WHO says that more than 21 million people are in urgent need of health services in the country including 2.1 million internally displaced people.
