Tackling preventable diseases in Yemen

AlAmodi, Abdulhadi A.; Eshaq, Abdulaziz M; Fothan, Ahmed M; Bakather, Abdulrahman M; Obad, Adam S

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(15)01101-0

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“…The decrease in vaccination rates is not surprising. The health system in Yemen has suffered greatly, and different sources estimate that about 55% of health facilities are currently not fully functional [ 22 – 24 ]. This is compounded by the fact that only about 50% of the population in Yemen had access to health care before the escalation in violence that started in March 2015.…”

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Health in Yemen: losing ground in war time

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BackgroundThe effect of the ongoing war in Yemen on maternal and child health (MCH) has not been comprehensively assessed. Providing a situational analysis at the governorate level is critical to assist in planning a response and allocating resources.MethodsWe used multiple national- and governorate-level data sources to provide estimates of 12 relevant MCH indicators in 2016 around child vaccination, and child and maternal nutritional status, and the change in these estimates for the period 2013–2016 based on shock variables including change in gross domestic product, burden of airstrikes per 1000 population, change in access to untreated water sources and unimproved toilets, and change in wheat flour prices. We also used findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2016 study.ResultsVaccine coverage decreased for all antigens between 2013 and 2016 among children 12–23 months. The largest decrease, 36·4% for first-dose measles vaccine, was in Aden. Among children under the age of five, incidence of diarrhea was at 7·0 (5·5–8·9) episodes per person-year. The prevalence of moderate and severe child anemia ranged from 50·9% (24·9–73·1) in Sana’a City to 97·8% (94·1–99·2) in Shabwah in 2016. Prevalence of underweight among women of reproductive age ranged from 15·3% (8·1–24·6) in Sana’a city to 32·1% (24·1–39·7) in Hajjah, with a national average of 24·6% (18·7–31·5).ConclusionsThe war and siege on Yemen has had a devastating impact on the health of women and children. Urgent efforts to secure food, essential medicines, antibiotics, deworming medicine, and hygiene kits, and cold chains for immunization are needed. Yemen is in dire need of clean water and proper sanitation to reduce the spread of disease, especially diarrhea.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12992-018-0354-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Furthermore, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen has been neglected by the international community [ 23 – 25 ], and any criticism of the humanitarian response presented in this paper should reflect back to other stakeholders such as donors, politicians and other decision makers that have failed to allocate sufficient resources to this crisis. In regards hereto, the IRC has pointed to the fact that “only 47% of the UN’s 2016 response plan was funded, leaving a shortfall of US$868 million to cover the basic needs of 14 million people” [ 38 ], while the WHO experienced a funding gap of more than 80% in late 2015 for their activities in the Yemen health cluster [ 42 , 43 ]. At the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen on April 25, 2017 in Geneva, US$1.1 billion was raised, falling short US$1 billion from the UN estimate of what would be needed “ to prevent a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen ” [ 22 ].…”

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The cholera outbreak in Yemen: lessons learned and way forward

Federspiel

Ali

2018

BMC Public Health

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The Yemen cholera outbreak has been driven by years of conflict and has now become the largest in epidemiologically recorded history with more than 1.2 million cases since the beginning of the outbreak in April, 2017. In this report we review and discuss the cholera management strategies applied by the major international humanitarian health organizations present in Yemen. We find the response by the organizations examined to have been more focused on case management than on outbreak prevention. Oral Cholera Vaccines (OCVs) were not delivered until nearly 16 months into the outbreak. A recent scale-up of the global OCV stockpile will hopefully allow for rapid mass deployment of the OCV in future humanitarian emergencies. Continuous funding to this stockpile will be crucial to maintain this option for prevention and control of cholera outbreaks. Of equal importance will be the timely recognition of the need for mass OCV deployment and development of more specific, comprehensive and actionable evidence-based frameworks to help guide this decision, however difficult this may be. The outbreak highlights the importance for international humanitarian health organizations to have a continuous discussion about whether and to what extent they should increase their focus on pre-emptively addressing the environmental determinants of communicable diseases in humanitarian emergencies. Strong advocacy from the public health community for peace and the protection of human health, by bringing to attention the public health impacts of armed conflict and keeping the world’s political leaders accountable to their actions, will remain crucial.

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“…Yemen is considered a low socioeconomic status country where it demonstrates shortage of basic life necessities such as: drugs, clean water, and fuel. [ 18 19 ] Taken together, this further complicates the situation for medical students in Yemen and potentially could impact their QoL. The current study was undertaken to explore validity and reliability of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire among Yemeni medical students and examine association of shortage of basic life needs with their quality of life.…”

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Relationship between shortage of basic life needs and quality of life of medical students in Yemen

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Abdulwali

Alaidroos

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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Purpose: This study examines quality of life of medical students in Yemen by evaluating validity and reliability of the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL) and assessing potential influencing factors. Methods: This is a single-centered cross-sectional study conducted in Hadramout University College of Medicine, Mukalla, Yemen during the academic year of 2019. The WHOQOL questionnaire was distributed among medical students. For validity, item discriminate validity and confirmatory factor analysis were assessed and for reliability, Cronbach's α test was examined. Independent sample t -test and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to examine the academic level, gender, academic performance, and basic life necessities including water, electricity supply, sewage treatment and type of residence. Results: A total of 495 medical students have responded to this questionnaire which has demonstrated an adequate validity and good reliability. The mean score for students' self-rating of their quality of life in the major domains was found to be in a descending order (Mean ± SD): psychological health (55.18 ± 17.84), environmental (52.14 + 17.60), physical health (48.15 + 14.73) and social relations (45.09 ± 20.81). Demographics and basic life needs exhibit relationship with Quality of Life among medical students. Conclusion: The WHOQOL-BREF is a valid and reliable tool among medical students in Hadramout University. Demographics and basic life needs seem to impact Yemeni medical students' Quality of Life. Wellness and mentoring programs should be considered to ameliorate effects related to deteriorating medical students' Quality of Life in Hadramout University.

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Tackling preventable diseases in Yemen

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Health in Yemen: losing ground in war time

Health in Yemen: losing ground in war time

The cholera outbreak in Yemen: lessons learned and way forward

Relationship between shortage of basic life needs and quality of life of medical students in Yemen

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