Yemen

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Displaced children in northern Abs, where MSF operated mobile clinics to provide consultations, vaccinations and referrals to the hospital we support there. Yemen, April 2019. © MSF/Al Hareth Al Maqaleh

In Yemen’s fifth year of conflict, violent clashes on frontlines and frequent attacks on health facilities prevented civilians from accessing critical healthcare.

Although the number of airstrikes decreased in the last quarter of 2019, ground fighting continued across several governorates throughout the year, as frontlines shifted, causing waves of displacement and many thousands of casualties…

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