Maternal and newborn healthcare in Al Qanawis, Yemen

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supports a mother and child hospital in Al-Qanawis, a district in Hodeidah governorate in Yemen. The hospital receives patients from not only Hodeidah, but also from Hajjah and Al-Mahwit governorates. On average every month, teams assist at more than 450 deliveries and admit more than 100 newborn babies to the hospital.
Since war broke out in Yemen in 2015, Hodeidah has been one of the most active conflict zones in the country. The governorate, located on the Red Sea coastline, has the biggest port to import goods and food items to the north of the country, and is therefore considered a strategic location for the warring parties. Intense conflict in the area has devastated people’s lives and brought an already weak healthcare system close to collapse.

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