也门最新一轮冲突升级正将其本已脆弱的卫生系统推向“崩溃临界点”。世界卫生组织(WHO)周二警告说,伤亡和流离失所人数不断增加,基本服务也承受着日益沉重的压力。
Yemen's latest conflict escalation is pushing its already fragile health system toward a "breaking point," with casualties and displacement rising while essential services face mounting pressure, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday.
世卫组织东地中海区域应急事务主任安妮特·海因茨尔曼在日内瓦对记者表示,根据也门卫生部在亚丁提供的数据,自8月6日以来已报告4,481人伤亡,其中838人死亡。
Annette Heinzelmann, WHO regional emergency director for the Eastern Mediterranean, told journalists in Geneva that 4,481 casualties, including 838 deaths, have been reported since Aug. 6, citing data from the Health Ministry in Aden.
10个省已有超过180,500人流离失所;自9月10日以来,超过3,600名也门人已进入吉布提,其中近一半是儿童。人道主义伙伴正为未来几周可能抵达的5,000至10,000人做好准备。
More than 180,500 people have been displaced across 10 governorates, while over 3,600 Yemenis have crossed into Djibouti since Sept. 10, nearly half of them children. Humanitarian partners are preparing for 5,000 to 10,000 arrivals in the coming weeks.
海因茨尔曼说,塔伊兹、拉赫杰和荷台达有9处卫生设施或资产受损、被迫停用、关闭或遭到直接袭击。
Heinzelmann said nine health facilities or assets have been damaged, forced out of service, closed or directly attacked in Taiz, Lahj and Al-Hodeidah.
由于工作人员和医疗资源被调配用于创伤救治,马里卜和拉斯阿拉赫两家医院也已暂停提供紧急产科和新生儿护理服务。
Emergency obstetric and newborn care has also been suspended at two hospitals in Marib and Ras Al-Arah as staff and capacity have been redirected to trauma care.
她表示,即便在最新一轮冲突升级之前,也门也只有约60%的卫生设施能够完全正常运作。
Even before the latest escalation, only around 60% of Yemen's health facilities were fully functional, she said.
疾病暴发使危机雪上加霜。今年已报告超过22,000例麻疹疑似病例和128例死亡病例,另有7,784例霍乱或急性水样腹泻疑似病例,以及9,604例登革热病例。
Disease outbreaks are compounding the crisis, with more than 22,000 suspected measles cases and 128 deaths reported this year, alongside 7,784 suspected cholera or acute watery diarrhea cases and 9,604 dengue cases.
世卫组织目前仅筹得所需900万美元中的200万美元,其亚丁仓库中包括创伤救治包和基本药物在内的一些救命物资库存也已耗尽。
WHO has secured only $2 million of the $9 million required for its response, while stocks of some lifesaving supplies, including trauma kits and essential medicines, have already run out at its Aden warehouse.