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The life-saving activities in Ibb governorate, Yemen

MSF has adapted its measures to keep our regular programmes running in the General Rural Hospital of Dhi As Sufal district (informally in MSF also called ‘Kilo’ hospital), close to one of the main front lines in Taiz governorate, and in Naser General Hospital in Ibb city. We assist the Ministry of Health in the Al Sahul COVID-19 centre in Ibb city with technical support, medical supplies, triage and screening and facility management.
In Ibb city MSF supports Naser General Hospital where our team has been running the ER and the isolation ward since 2018. The hospital is much frequented by poorer, marginalised and displaced people living in Ibb governorate.
Since 2016, MSF is working in the General Rural Hospital of Dhi As Sufal district in the south of Ibb governorate bordering Taiz governorate. MSF is running the ER, Operational Theatre (OT), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and Inpatient Department (IPD) for the most severe medical conditions for all age groups (newborns, paediatric and adult patients), including physiotherapy.
MSF also offers mental health care to patients admitted to the hospital and ensures mass casualty management capacity. MSF runs Cholera Treatment Centres (CTC) in Ibb City and and Dhi As Sufal district since 2017. Our health promotion teams support the CTC teams efforts with hygiene education and health awareness sessions in the hospitals our teams support and in the affected communities.

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