In partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Community Center for IDPs, operated by HUMAN ACCESS in Marib Governorate delivered to the Martyr Muhammad Hayel Maternity and Childhood Hospital 3 incubators for premature infants with two phototherapy devices, bringing the total number of incubators in the hospital to 18.
This is the only hospital specializing in motherhood and childhood in the governorate, which accommodates the largest number of internally displaced people.
The handover process took place in the presence of the Director of UNHCR Office in Marib, Peter Fitz-Morris, and a number of local officials, including the Deputy Director-General of the Social Affairs & Labor office in the governorate, Muhammad Al-Samie, and the Deputy Director-General of the Public Health & Population office, Naser Al-Saeedi.
These incubators and devices come as an important part of the humanitarian response efforts to save the lives of premature infants and help restore access to basic health care services in Yemen.
In his remarks during the handover, Al-Saeedi praised the efforts of HUMAN ACCESS and UNHCR, emphasizing that Marib faces a difficult task in saving premature babies, since there are only 64 incubators in the governorate's hospitals, and they are constantly busy.
Doctors are also sometimes forced to place two babies in one incubator in an attempt to save lives, while many premature infants lose their chance to obtain an incubator, he added.
