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The World Health Organization said on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, that it had launched the National Strategy for Mental Health in Yemen, in a move aimed at reducing the exacerbation of mental disorders due to the continuation of war in the impoverished country for eight years.
The organization added in a statement that the launch of the strategy, in partnership with the World Bank and Yemeni government’s internationally recognized health authorities, aims to reduce the growing burden of mental disorders in Yemen.
The World Health Organization said in an August report that more than eight million Yemenis, or one in four people, suffer from mental, psychological and social problems as a result of armed conflicts, forced displacement, unemployment, food shortages and other harsh conditions.
The organization said Yemen’s eight-year war and collapsing economy have crippled health care facilities and exacerbated mental illness affecting all groups of society. The conflict in Yemen has caused the closure or shutdown of most psychiatric hospitals in the state.
