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YEMEN HEALTH CARE : Yemen Medical Guide
1)A yellow fever vaccination certificate is required from travellers over one year of age arriving from infected areas.
2)Vaccination against typhoid is advised.
3)Malaria risk, almost exclusively in the malignant falciparum form, exists throughout the year (but mainly from September through February) in the whole country below 2000m. However, there is no risk in Sana'a City. Resistance to chloroquine has been reported. Chloroquine plus proguanil is recommended.
Food & drink:
Where mains water is chlorinated, it may cause mild abdominal upsets; supplies in Sana’a are said to be safe. Bottled water is available and is advised for the first few weeks of the stay. Drinking water outside main cities and towns is likely to be contaminated and sterilisation is considered essential. Water used for drinking, brushing teeth or making ice should have first been boiled or otherwise sterilised. Milk is unpasteurised and should be boiled. Avoid dairy products that are likely to have been made from unboiled milk. Only eat well-cooked meat and fish, preferably served hot. Salad and mayonnaise may carry increased risk. Vegetables should be cooked and fruit peeled.
Other risks:
Cutaneous leishmaniasis exists throughout the area and visceral leishmaniasis may occur in the west of Yemen. Bilharzia (schistosomiasis) is present. Avoid swimming and paddling in fresh water; swimming pools which are well chlorinated and maintained are safe. Typhoid fever, dracunculiasis, onchocerciasis and hepatitis A occur; hepatitis B is endemic. The altitude may cause health problems.
Rabies is present. For those at high risk, vaccination before arrival should be considered. If you are bitten, seek medical advice without delay.
Health care facilities are relatively poor, especially outside major cities. The major hospitals in Sana’a are: Al Jumhuriyya, Al Kuwait and Al Thawra. In Aden, there is the Al Jumhuriyya, the Saudi Hospital and the Refinery Hospital. Most large cities have a general hospital. There is no reciprocal health agreement with the UK. Medical insurance is essential.
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Useful contacts concerning medical care in Sana'a
Internal Medicine Specialists
• Dr. Abbas al-Mutwakel
Address:Taiz Road
Telephone:01-246-497
Cellular: 717-47-963
• Dr. Abdul Nasser Munibari (Cardiologist)
Address: Zubeiry St., Near Yemenia Office
Telephone: 01-266-165
Psychiatrists
• Dr. al-Iryani
Telephone: 01-442-478, 465-304
Cellular: 73631259
Pediatrics
• Dr. Salem Banageh
Address: Zubeiry Street, Beside Saba-phone Company.
Telephone: 01-208-885/6, 208- 886
• Dr. Mohamed al-Shehari
Address: Azal Hospital
Telephone: 01-200-000 or 211-220/21
• Dr. Abdulrahman Ishak
Address: Hadda Road, Near British Embassy
Telephone:01- 440-127 or 440-130
General Surgeons
• Dr. Ali al-Jamra
Address: Yemeni-German Hospital (Hadda Rd branching off 60- Meter Rd)
Telephone: 01-418-000
Cell Phone: 71717109
ENT( Ear, Nose and Throat)
• Dr. Mohamed al-Khateeb
Address: Near Bilquis Cinema in Tarhir
Telephone: 01-272-581
Orthopedics
• Dr. Maged Amer
Address: Azal Hospital
Telephone: 01-200-000
Neurologist
• Dr. Ali Abdul Latif
Address: Azal Hospital
Telephone: 01-200-000
• Dr. Mohamed Mekhlafi
Address: Yemen-German Hospital
Telephone: 01-418-000, Ext 625
Cellular: 71900109
Ophthalmologists
• Dr. Abdul Majeed Masood
Address: Intersection of Hadda Rd. & 60-Meter Road
Telephone: 01-414-741
• Dr. Ibrahim al-Gurafi
Address: Near Happy Land Toy Store
Telephone: 01-247-842/5
Dentists
• Dr. Mahmoud Ismail
Address: Marib Insurance Bldg, Zubeiri St
Telelephone: 01- 402-309/ 310
• Dr. Mohamed Radman
Address: Zubeiri St., Above Islamic Bank
Telephone: 01-402-309, 202-855
Radiologists (X-ray)
• Dr. Abdulkarim Zabedi Clinic
Address: Taiz Rd., Above Al-Ghazali Pharmacy
Telephone:01-612-162
Beeper 580-0807
Clinical Laboratories
• Dr. Mohamed Basahi (Lab)
Address: Hadda Rd., Near Emirate Airlines
Telephone: 01-263-605.
Cell:7333555
• Metropolitan Lab
Address: Near Al-Ghazali Pharmacy
Telephone: 01-615-753
Cell: 73776275
Hospitals
• Yemeni-German Hospital
Address: Hadda Rd., Near 60-Meter Rd
Telephone: 01-418-000 or 418-690/1
• Azal Specialized Hospital
Address: 60-Meter Rd., Close to Mathbah Vegetable Market
Telephone: 01-200-000/ 213-870
• Al-Moyad Hospital
Address: Airport Rd., Near Elevated Walkway
Telephone: 01-323-760
• Al-Thawra Hospital
Address: Al-Khoulan St., Near Bab Al Yemen
Telephone: 01-246-966/ 246-983
• Military Hospital
Address: Bab Shaoub Area
Telephone: 01-222-513/4
Pharmacies
• Sharouk Pharmacy
Address: Hadda St., Near Moka Bakery
Telephone: 01-242-359
• Azal Pharmacy
Address: In Azal Hospital
Telephone: 01-275-559
• Al-Ghazali Pharmacy
Address: Taiz Rd., Across From Orphan School
• Al-Mamoon Pharmacy
Address: Taiz St., Near Bab al-Yemen
Telephone: 01-244-974
Ambulances
• Yemeni-German Hospital
• Azal Specialized Hospital
Source: Embassy of the United States in Yemen |
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