Insecurity Insight monitors attacks on health care in Yemen, and based on its data, in the Yemen chapter (in Arabic and English) of the 2024 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) report Epidemic of Violence identified 52 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in 2024. In these incidents, 19 health workers were arrested and six killed, and health facilities were forcibly entered 18 times.

– The country experienced the world’s highest number of cholera cases in 2024, with over 249,000 suspected cases and more than 800 related deaths being recorded.

– Houthi forces carried out multiple raids on hospitals and clinics for control and resource seizure purposes.

– Vaccination programs were disrupted by conflict, and vaccine hesitancy increased, leading to low vaccination coverage.

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Published every two weeks, Insecurity Insight’s Attacks on Health Care New Brief tracks global threats and violence as well as protests and other events affecting the delivery of and access to health care. Explore our interactive map to see where incidents happened.