Yemen’s collapsing healthcare forces the sick to seek alternative medicines

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Aug 08, 2026 · 1246 words · By Al Jazeera Staff

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Yemen’s collapsing healthcare forces the sick to seek alternative medicines Patients in Yemen who cannot afford healthcare or cannot find the medical treatments they need are increasingly turning to herbal medicine stores and honey shops.

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Why it matters

Taiz, Yemen – Jaleelah Abdul Hameed, a woman in her 50s, grew up in a village 85km (53 miles) from Taiz city.

Common ground

She remembers how her ancestors relied on herbal medicine to treat various illnesses, but also her mother dying when Jaleelah was just a child due to a lack of proper healthcare.

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Claim 1: “At least 50% of health facilities are entirely non-functional”

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The claim that at least 50% of health facilities are non-functional is independently reported by Al Jazeera, the WHO Yemen official Twitter account, and the Times of Oman.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Yemen, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY), abbreviated to Democratic Yemen, was a country in South Arabia that existed in what is now southeast Yemen from 1967 until its…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yemen

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in southern Arabia, the country includes the Socotra Archipelago and borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yemeni civil war (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية اليمنية, romanized: al-ḥarb al-ʾahlīyah al-yamanīyah) is an ongoing multilateral civil war that began in late 2014 mainly between the Rashad al-Alimi-led Pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014–present…

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Claim 2: “More than 20 million Yemenis are without access to basic medical care due to years of conflict, severe funding shortages, and the collapse of Yemen’s healthcare system, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).”

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The provided evidence consists of general Wikipedia entries about the Kingdom of Yemen, the Saudi-led intervention, and the Yemeni civil war, but none of these sources mention the specific statistic of 20 million Yemenis lacking access to basic medical care or a WHO statement to that effect.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kingdom of Yemen (Arabic: المملكة اليمنية, romanized: al-Mamlakah al-Yamanīyah), officially the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (Arabic: المملكة المتوكلية اليمنية, romanized: al-Mamlakah al-Mutawak…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yemen

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, staged a military intervention in Yemen at the request of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_…

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Claim 3: “honey is mentioned in the Holy Quran as a cure for various diseases”

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Multiple web sources confirm that the Quran mentions honey and its healing properties/use as a cure for diseases.

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web search NEUTRAL — Visit the Channel For More Miracles Of the Quran Access Books And Documentaries: https://www.patreon.com/c/HalalResearchOur website:www.halalresearcher.comIn...
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2zGRJeXM2VI

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web search NEUTRAL — Honey in Holy Quran. Introduction. Honey is a sweet syrupy substance produced by honeybees from the nectar of flowers and used by humans as a sweetener and a spread. Honey is comprised of 17-20% water…
https://jpp.mums.ac.ir/article_3417_7b73b0cd46a86c1400eaeb1a…

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web search NEUTRAL — iii) Healing of Diseases through Honey Bees. Long before the modern advancement in medicine and pharmacy, people used to cure diseases through naturally grown herbs.
https://www.quranreading.com/blog/ayat-e-shifa-healing-verse…

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Claim 4: “They also rely on Hadiths of the Prophet Mohammad that mention specific types of plants.”

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While the evidence confirms what Hadiths are and that they are collections of the Prophet Muhammad's words, none of the provided search results or Wikipedia entries specifically list or confirm Hadiths that mention specific types of plants for medicinal use.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The children of Muhammad were the sons and daughters attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The common view is that Muhammad had three sons, Abd Allah, Ibrahim, and Qasim, and four daughters, Fat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Muhammad

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hadith (Arabic: حديث) is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account [of an event]' and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent appr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In Islam, Muhammad (Arabic: مُحَمَّد) is venerated as the Seal of the Prophets who transmitted the eternal word of God (Qur'ān) from the angel Gabriel (Jibrīl) to humans and jinn. Muslims believe that…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_in_Islam

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