Healthcare accessibility in yemen’s conflict zones: comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutions
Abstract The nine-year ongoing conflict in Yemen accumulated humanitarian crisis, and severely struggling healthcare system. In the current review, we are trying here to elucidate the many perspective areas where the conflict in Yemen has made it harder to access medical care, emphasizing how the wa...
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| description | Abstract The nine-year ongoing conflict in Yemen accumulated humanitarian crisis, and severely struggling healthcare system. In the current review, we are trying here to elucidate the many perspective areas where the conflict in Yemen has made it harder to access medical care, emphasizing how the war has negatively affected medical infrastructure, caused a severe shortage of medical supplies, and obstructed access to or the ability to receive medical services. We conducted a comprehensive search across reports from in-ground working organizations like UN, MSF, ICRC, and official authorial channels, including local organizations as well to illustrate how the conflict-induced challenges have drastically limited access to essential services, as well as literature repositories (PubMed MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science). Then, data were thematically presented. Our data suggest urgent and thoughtful long-term solutions, including the need of economic support, reconstructing healthcare infrastructure through coordinated efforts, and setting up safe supply lines to ensure a steady flow of medical resources particularly in intensive war zones where mobile clinics could serve as an alternative. Additionally, we highlight the importance of supporting and incentivizing the healthcare workforce to prevent further depletion through training programs that include professional and practical skills and ensuring safe transport to and from medical facilities for both patients and healthcare personnel. Moreover, we recommend implementing targeted programs to improve access to quality healthcare for disproportionately affected populations, guaranteeing access to medical treatment as a right and not a privilege, and most significantly, ensuring that the medical facilities are not targeted. Therefore, these focused recommendations aim to guide policymakers, international donors, and on-ground NGOs in restoring healthcare access and improving the quality of life for millions of Yemenis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2bc72c68bc5e4b75a785ff38d413535e2025-08-20T03:43:11ZengBMCConflict and Health1752-15052025-07-0119111310.1186/s13031-025-00685-xHealthcare accessibility in yemen’s conflict zones: comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutionsAhmed Salem0Aiman Rosen1Iman Alharazi2Yaser Gamallat3Aamer Aldbyani4Bushra Amer5Namoonga Chimpandu6Department of Biological and Biochemical Sciences, University of PardubiceSpace for Research InitiativeDepartment of Health Science, Bangor UniversityDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of CalgaryCounseling and Psychological Care Center, Thamar UniversityDepartment of Family Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human MedicineDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Coventry and WarwickAbstract The nine-year ongoing conflict in Yemen accumulated humanitarian crisis, and severely struggling healthcare system. In the current review, we are trying here to elucidate the many perspective areas where the conflict in Yemen has made it harder to access medical care, emphasizing how the war has negatively affected medical infrastructure, caused a severe shortage of medical supplies, and obstructed access to or the ability to receive medical services. We conducted a comprehensive search across reports from in-ground working organizations like UN, MSF, ICRC, and official authorial channels, including local organizations as well to illustrate how the conflict-induced challenges have drastically limited access to essential services, as well as literature repositories (PubMed MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science). Then, data were thematically presented. Our data suggest urgent and thoughtful long-term solutions, including the need of economic support, reconstructing healthcare infrastructure through coordinated efforts, and setting up safe supply lines to ensure a steady flow of medical resources particularly in intensive war zones where mobile clinics could serve as an alternative. Additionally, we highlight the importance of supporting and incentivizing the healthcare workforce to prevent further depletion through training programs that include professional and practical skills and ensuring safe transport to and from medical facilities for both patients and healthcare personnel. Moreover, we recommend implementing targeted programs to improve access to quality healthcare for disproportionately affected populations, guaranteeing access to medical treatment as a right and not a privilege, and most significantly, ensuring that the medical facilities are not targeted. Therefore, these focused recommendations aim to guide policymakers, international donors, and on-ground NGOs in restoring healthcare access and improving the quality of life for millions of Yemenis.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-025-00685-xConflict zoneHealthcare accessHealthcare workforceHealth policyMedical infrastructureYemen war |
| spellingShingle | Ahmed Salem Aiman Rosen Iman Alharazi Yaser Gamallat Aamer Aldbyani Bushra Amer Namoonga Chimpandu Healthcare accessibility in yemen’s conflict zones: comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutions Conflict and Health Conflict zone Healthcare access Healthcare workforce Health policy Medical infrastructure Yemen war |
| title | Healthcare accessibility in yemen’s conflict zones: comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutions |
| title_full | Healthcare accessibility in yemen’s conflict zones: comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutions |
| title_fullStr | Healthcare accessibility in yemen’s conflict zones: comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Healthcare accessibility in yemen’s conflict zones: comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutions |
| title_short | Healthcare accessibility in yemen’s conflict zones: comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutions |
| title_sort | healthcare accessibility in yemen s conflict zones comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutions |
| topic | Conflict zone Healthcare access Healthcare workforce Health policy Medical infrastructure Yemen war |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-025-00685-x |
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