The World Health Organization (WHO) will continue its efforts to mobilize donors and resources and boost support for the health sector of Marib governorate in Yemen, state news agency Saba reported.

The commitment was made during a meeting between Ali Al-Fatemi, the deputy governor of Marib, and representatives of the UN health agency.

Al-Fatemi praised the organization’s interventions since the conflict started and expressed hopes for increased support to cover huge humanitarian needs in the province, which receives big numbers of displaced people.

An estimated 4.3 million people have fled their homes since the war between the Houthis and government forces erupted eight years ago and has pushed Yemen’s health system in the brink of collapse.

More than 17.9 million of Yemen’s 30 million population needed health care services in 2020, according to the WHO, but only 50 percent of health facilities are fully functioning but lack qualified health staff, basic medicines, and medical equipment, among others.