Only half of the beds at our new COVID-19 treatment center in Yemen are full—and that has our medical staff extremely worried. 

Doctors Without Borders teams are seeing that only people in critical condition are coming to the hospital for care, meaning countless more are likely dying at home. Rumors and social stigma surrounding the coronavirus have left many Yemeni people afraid to come to the hospital, leaving COVID-19 to spread silently and nearly unchecked across the country. 

Years of violent conflict in Yemen had already pushed the health care system to the brink of collapse. Now it’s struggling to respond to a pandemic that has challenged even the world’s most well-resourced health care systems. 

That’s why Doctors Without Borders medical teams are on the ground in Yemen and other conflict zones where COVID-19 care is urgently needed. Take it from someone on the ground:

Watch the video and get a firsthand perspective from one of our medical staffers about what’s happening on the ground in Yemen today.

P.S. Our teams in Yemen and around the world are doing everything they can to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak and to keep other essential medical services running. That’s why The Lawrence Foundation has generously offered to match the first gift of every person who becomes a monthly donor in August, up to $50,000. Will you make your first monthly gift right now to have it matched and go even further to help deliver medical care where it’s needed most?