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Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 - 16:23 Makkah mean time-18-3-1437
Taiz, (IINA) - The UN health agency has delivered more than 100 tons of medicines and medical supplies for 1.2 million people in strife-torn Yemen’s central Taiz governorate, where over 3 million people, almost 400,000 of them internally displaced, are in dire need of humanitarian aid, UN News Center reported.
“We are calling on all parties to guarantee unrestricted, long-term delivery of humanitarian aid and unconditional movement of health workers”, the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Yemen Ahmed Shadoul said last week, following the announcement of a ceasefire, which has only been partially observed.
The aid consists of urgently needed oxygen cylinders, medicines and medical devices, including surgical supplies and equipment for the management of trauma cases, and have been distributed to 13 hospitals and health centers as well as replenishing the local health department’s stocks for future needs.
“The health situation in Taiz has increasingly deteriorated. Shortages in health staff, medicines, and fuel, as well as limited access by the humanitarian community due to the insecurity, have caused many health facilities in the governorate to shut down”, said Shadoul.
The distribution of an additional 22 tons of medical aid to five health facilities in Sala, Al-Qahera and Al-Mudhaffar districts of Taiz City is on hold due to access issues. WHO is negotiating with all parties to the conflict and advocating for unrestricted access of medicines and supplies to these districts, where 400,000 people are in critical need of humanitarian aid.
Last week, the UN Security Council expressed grave concern over the number of violations of the ceasefire and urged all parties to observe it and exercise maximum restraint following the adjournment of peace talks.
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ahmed adjourned the talks seeking to end the factional fighting, which has torn the country apart over the past year, until mid-January to allow for bilateral in-country and regional consultations to secure full adherence to the ceasefire.
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