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<p style="text-align:right"><strong>An official with
Yemen’s Health Ministry says more than 80 newborn babies lose their
lives on a daily basis because the war-torn country does not have the
required medical equipment due to the Saudi-led war and blockade.</strong></p>
<p>Najeeb Al-Qubati, the undersecretary of Yemen’s Ministry of Public
Health and Population for the Population Sector, made the remarks on
Thursday while addressing a local event.</p>
<p>Some 39 percent of babies are premature, which shows a significant
increase compared to the period before the start of the war, he said.</p>
<p>The official said the use of prohibited weapons was one of the
reasons behind the growing trend. He said several human rights
organizations have already acknowledged and condemned Saudis for using
such arms.</p>
<p>Yemeni medical centers are in need of some 2,000 incubators, he said, noting that 632 incubators have been provided so far.</p>
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<p>Since launching the war with the support of Washington in March 2015,
the Saudi-led coalition has used internationally-banned weapons,
including US-made cluster bombs, to target residential areas, according
to the Cluster Munition Monitor.</p>
<p>Apart from the war, Saudi Arabia has imposed a blockade on Yemen
which, combined, have claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of
people. The military aggression has destroyed much of the country’s
infrastructure, including the health sector.</p>
<p><strong>Mosquito-borne diseases on the rise<br>
</strong>On Wednesday, the Yemeni Health Ministry said mosquito-borne
diseases such as Malaria and dengue have been on the rise since the
start of the war.</p>
<p>Speaking at a press conference in Hodeida, Muhammad Al-Mansour, the
undersecretary of Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population for
the Primary Care Sector, said war and blockade were two main reasons
behind the increase of epidemics and diseases in the country.</p>
<p>Failure to implement to malaria control program led to a rise in
cases from 513,000 in 2015 to 1,100,000 in 2019, he said, noting the
rate was higher in areas where citizens were displaced such as in
Hodeida.</p>
<p>Malaria and dengue fever claimed the lives of more than 260,000
Yemenis between 2015 and 2019, he said, naming the closure of ports
which has led to delays in the arrival of equipment and medicine as one
of the leading factors.</p>
<p>In September, Yemen’s al-Masirah television network reported the
Ministry of Public Health and Population had confirmed the Saudi-led
blockade had raised acute malnutrition cases to more than 632,000
children under the age of five and 1.5 million pregnant and lactating
women. “The siege and intense bombardment with prohibited weapons caused
a high rate of congenital abnormalities and miscarriages, with an
average of 350,000 miscarriages and 12,000 malformations,” it said.
According to the ministry, the siege led to an eight-percent increase in
premature births compared to the situation before the war.</p>
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<p>The blockade has also increased the number of cancer patients by 50
percent. The figure showed 46,204 cases registered during the year 2021.</p>
<p>The ministry said the Saudi-led war had destroyed 162 health facilities completely or 375 partially and put them out of work.</p>
<p>The objective of the war was to reinstall the Riyadh-friendly regime
of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and crush the popular Ansarullah resistance
movement, which has been running state affairs in the absence of a
functional government in Yemen. Not only has the Saudi-led coalition
failed to meet its objectives, it has also killed hundreds of thousands
of Yemenis and created what the UN calls the world’s “worst humanitarian
crisis.”</p></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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