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Dr. Khalid Al-Hajji, director of the province's health and population office, said the total number of deaths was 44 between January and December.
Al-Hajji said in a statement to "New Arab" that there had been 22 cases in the direction of Jahran, in the direction of the five cases, in two cases in the direction of Duran and in a situation at the Manar leadership and in a case at the direction of Atma, as well as a case in the direction of Anas, During the same period.
He explained that not giving children routine immunization doses available in health facilities by parents is a major cause of rising infection rates, "because immunization aims to prevent measles, paralysis and other diseases resurging in the country as a result of the war and the deterioration of the health system ".
"The Ministry of Health has administered urgent and urgent treatment to the Directorate of Footwear, where measles has spread through rapid response teams, providing a refrigerator for the maintenance of vaccines. and medical supplies for the Beit Abu Atef village health unit, which is currently experiencing an epidemic.
He called on parents to "assume their responsibilities and ensure that their children are immunized to protect them from life-threatening illnesses".
The disease has caused the death of three children in the city to cross the province in recent days.
According to sources, five of Ahmad Muthanna 's children were infected and three died, while two of them are currently being treated at the hospital' s education unit. from Maabar.
Residents of Dhamar province have called on the relevant authorities of the Ministry of Health and international organizations to rescue their children from the epidemic that kills them by employing them to vaccinate them.
Measles is one of the most deadly childhood diseases in Yemen due to the lack of routine immunization doses provided by the Ministry of Health and International Health Organizations in all health centers of different governorates and districts .
According to a report from the Houthi-controlled Health and Disease Surveillance and Surveillance Bureau in Sana'a, the total number of suspected measles cases from January to early December 2018 reached 25,276, of which 201 died.
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