News - Yemen: A child was injured, Wednesday, in explosion of a cluster bomb dropped by the US-Saudi aggression in Sa'adah Governorate.

Almsirah Net correspondent reported that a child was injured due to the explosion of a cluster bomb dropped by the US-Saudi aggression in the Madhab area of Al-Safra district.

Yesterday, On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Entisaf Organization for the Rights of Women and Children revealed that 15 percent of Yemen’s population suffers from disabilities, with 4.9 million affected due to the ongoing US-Saudi aggression.

The organization emphasized that the actual numbers are likely higher due to landmines and unexploded ordnance scattered across the country.

The aggression has disproportionately harmed people with disabilities by destroying essential infrastructure, including hospitals, severely limiting access to healthcare and humanitarian aid.

Entisaf explained that there are more than 16,000 cases of women, children in need of physical rehabilitation, while over 460,500 individuals require mobility aids, and over 153,500 people need prosthetic limbs or orthopedic devices.

It pointed out that more than two million disabled individuals have not received any healthcare or social services since the beginning of the aggression, and over four million disabled individuals need access to and the use of rehabilitation services.

It pointed out that 90 percent of the total number of persons with disabilities live below the poverty line, and 40 percent of the disabled have been deprived of continuous treatment, making them vulnerable to health setbacks due to the unjust blockade on importing medicines and the ban on traveling abroad, despite the critical condition of most cases, which has led to serious complications for many of them.

The blockade has further worsened their plight by restricting medicine imports and banning travel for treatment, leaving many with severe complications.