AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoStandards & Consumer Safety: Sana’a’s Standards Authority meeting reviewed how to speed inspections at ports and customs, modernize labs, automate checks, and protect Yemenis from unsafe food and non-food imports. Eye Care Access: Mahweet launched a free six-day eye camp for cataract removal and lens implantation, with patients screened first to cut costs for families. More Surgeries in Ibb: In Ibb, 184 surgeries were completed across free eye, maxillofacial, and cleft-lip camps, including cataracts and complex cleft repairs for low-income patients. Dengue Alarm in Al-Jawf: Residents and a health official reported a dengue outbreak in Al-Matoun district, with deaths rising amid weak prevention and strained local clinics. Vaccines Blocked: Yemeni government sources said Houthis refused an emergency shipment of children’s vaccines, risking polio and measles resurgence for nearly one million children. Detention Abuse & Health: Rights groups renewed calls after an elderly man died following torture in Houthi detention, and demanded the fate of a long-disappeared journalist. Chronic Disease Medicines Under Blockade: Sana’a held a press conference on how the Saudi blockade and airport closure disrupts essential drugs, including anesthetics and emergency medicines.
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