UNFPA to close 65% of health facilities in Yemen‏

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced on Wednesday that it has to close 175 health facilities in Yemen in September due to lack of funding.

According to a tweet posted by UNFPA on its official account on Twitter,  " In September, UNFPA will be forced to close 175 (65 per cent) out of 268 health facilities in Yemen, which the Fund is currently supporting by offering reproductive health services" .

"This posed a direct threat to more than one million pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in need of immediate treatment due to acute malnutrition and deteriorating medical assistance. It also stressed the need for financial pledges by donors to save lives, " UNFPA added.

UN agencies working in Yemen have already complained about the lack of material funding aiming to provide humanitarian and health assistance in Yemen.

For five years , Yemen has been in a war between pro-government forces backed by Saudi-led Arab coalition and Houthi militias accused of being supported by Iran .

According to the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock, the battles of more than 30 fronts in Yemen took the lives of around 70,000 people since the beginning of 2016.