n Taiz city alone, 42 health facilities are reporting acute shortages. More than 1,110 people with kidney failure require daily dialysis, while 192 patients are receiving intensive care and 154 newborns depend on incubators.

Without urgent resupply, hospitals risk further disruption to emergency surgery, dialysis, intensive care and maternal and newborn services.

Hospitals and ambulances in the governorate require more than 156,000 liters of fuel each month to operate. Fuel shortages also threaten oxygen production, emergency transportation and vaccine refrigeration systems.

The Ministry of Public Health and Population has described the situation as critical, according to WHO. Frequent communication network outages have hampered efforts to obtain updated information, and WHO is working with health authorities to verify remaining fuel stocks and assess disruptions to hospital services.

The shortages coincide with growing displacement. More than 256,000 people were displaced across Yemen between Aug. 1 and Oct. 19, with Taiz a major area of both origin and destination.

Fuel shortages are also disrupting water pumping and sanitation, increasing the risk of cholera and other diarrheal diseases among displaced families. Although suspected cholera cases have declined in recent weeks, reduced access to health facilities may be affecting reporting in Taiz, WHO said.

Humanitarian partners are working to secure alternative delivery routes and maintain essential health services. Despite severe access restrictions, a national Health Cluster partner has delivered emergency medicines to Al-Thawra Hospital through an alternative route.

WHO and its partners are expanding emergency health services, including support for 10 diarrheal disease treatment centers across five affected governorates, including Taiz. Additional mobile medical teams and fixed health points are also being deployed to improve care for displaced communities.

Essential medicines, intravenous fluids, medical supplies and water, sanitation and hygiene materials have been stockpiled by WHO in Aden for delivery to conflict-affected areas.

WHO called for safe, sustained and unhindered humanitarian access to Taiz through all available routes, along with urgent funding to replenish critical supplies and sustain hospital services.

Without timely deliveries, critical shortages could further interrupt emergency surgery, dialysis, intensive care and maternal and newborn care.