Under the current circumstances in Sa'ada which left behind much human and material loss, the war has overshadowed the health and human situation in province.

The Yemen Post met with Sa'ada Health and Population Office Director Dr. Omar Mujali, and he affirmed that the war has weakened health services especially when it prevented the office from undertaking its supervisory tasks. Further, there has been inability to keep provisions and observation of medical centers and hospitals' performance. 

Mujali also asserted that some office employees seize the chaos and war circumstances to escape their duties and tasks.

He pointed out that there are over 102 medical centers and units in Sa'ada province and 17 other centers are currently under construction, and also noted that international relief organizations are working in the province. He denied the allegations that speak halting the involvement of human organizations there.

As for Sa'ada war effects, Mujali stated that both material and human losses are gross; however, he admitted that there is difficulty in giving exact figures of victims because different parties are involved in the matter, hinting that some locals do not report killing cases and others also do come to health centers for treatment in case they were injured.

The number of displaced people has shown a steep decrease over the last few months especially with the introduction of Sa'ada ceasefire agreement that allowed most families to return back to their homes.

Last year, the Medical Charitable Association (MCA) distributed aid donated by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), including relief medicines, soap, water containers and kitchen utensils. In all, 2,000 families in Sahar, Majz, and al-Safra districts benefited from the assistance.

Meanwhile, Iman Monqar, a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Sanaa, has continuously expressed concern about the water situation in Saada, which could result in serious health problems.She said that the water network in the province needed to be repaired as it was totally destroyed during the war. “We provided a generator for the water station in Saada city as there was pressure on using the station. Now we are working on the water network in remote areas,” she said.

Mujali hinted that there are 300 displaced families who fled their homes in Marran and resided in Al-Malheez area especially after the recent tension between government forces and Houthi followers. Another 300 families have sought refuge at close to Sa'ada city in an area known as Al-Mashtal. 

He went on to say that the compensation process have not been implemented due to administrative shortcomings in the province despite the fact that allocations are available, maintaining the current circumstances have also something to do with the situation.

Moreover, Mujali asserted that people started to feel relieved after the stop of Sa'ada war and hinted that a new war could be catastrophic especially when locals have not yet overcome the challenges of the previous ones.

He as well assured that those having interests in war are trying to ignite it once again and confessed the war was associated with mistakes that caused war to expand markedly, maintaining there have been no resolute stances by the province sons against the Houthi resurrection.

When asked about the non-stop war in Sa'ada and the reason for that, Mujali pointed out that the ineffectiveness of solutions and mediation efforts is a key reason for war continuity and stated that war traders are also responsible for the war renewals each time.

He further declared that recruiting the province sons against Houthis will leave behind unending tribal revenges, noting that there should be a unified stance from Sa'ada locals and dignitaries.

Mujali also revealed that Houthis are treated in their own areas and through traditional means and noted some pharmacy owners from Sa'ada and Sana'a were arrested merely for having bags with their pharmacies' name on them.