Collapsing Health Care System, Dengue Outbreak Complicating Humanitarian Crisis In War-Torn Yemen

Reuters: Civilians pay heavy price in Yemen’s Taiz, health care collapses: U.N.
“Nearly 100 civilians have been killed in the past two weeks in Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz where a collapsing health care service and outbreak of dengue fever are compounding a dire humanitarian situation, the United Nations said on Tuesday…” (Nebehay, 9/1).

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