News - Yemen: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) stated that at least 4.5 million people have some form of disability.

According to the statement, around 15% of the Yemeni population, or roughly 4.5 million people, are estimated to live with disabilities. 

While there are no reliable statistics for the number of people in need of rehabilitation services in Yemen, it is estimated that at least 4.5 million people have some form of disability. At least 460,500 are thought to require a mobility device while 153,500 require a prosthesis or orthosis.

However, services are few and far between in a country whose healthcare system has been decimated by successive conflicts over the last several decades. A lack of prosthetics and orthotics education also meant there was a lack of qualified professionals to support the number of people with physical disabilities.

Moreover, German DW channel had stated that the number of people with disabilities due to the war in Yemen “exceeds the population of one of the neighboring Gulf countries.”

Several the international organizations in Yemen have admitted also that the number of victims resulting from the war and the blockade that Yemen being exposed to much more than the numbers and statistics provided by the organizations’ reports.