The US and UK-backed and Saudi Arabia-led coalition war has left millions of Yemeni without access to essential medical services.

Little Ibrahim’s case stands examplary for over seventy per cent of Yemen’s population.

Ibrahim, a seven-year-old Yemeni child who cannot get access to proper medication, stands in front of his family hut with the help of his father in Midi District, Hajjah Governorate, northern Yemen, on May 25, 2023. Ibrahim Aati has endured excruciating pain from large, swollen lumps on his back and stomach for more than three years.

The country has been suffering from an economic blockade, which has brought all services within Yemen to its knees. The blockade, which includes access from the air sea and land, prevents patients from seeking substantial medical treatment abroad. Many have been left without employment, funds, and hope. Hence, people cannot afford expensive commutes to far away situated hospitals. And even if they, by chance, gathered the financial means, the air blockade sets an unbridgable barrier in finding medical remedy abroad. The financial burden of seeking treatment abroad is straining and puts patients in front of greater and constant challenges and changing international demands. The House of Saud affiliated media has recently reported on the unreasonable entry demands set by the Egyptian government. However, the Egyptian government refuses to wave with the new costly entry impositions for patients despite war-ravaged Yemen’s dire economic status.

It cannot be stressed enough that it is essential to finally lift the blockade and

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