جغرافية مدينة صنعاء الطبية (1900-2025 م)‎

Abstract EN

This is a new aspect of research in human geography.

It deals with the state of public health in the capital Sana’a during the period l900-2025.it deals with the most important endemic and imported diseases specially their burden on the health of the people as well as the factors governing their prevalence.

In doing so we had to overcome several hurdles mainly due to absence of data.

Despite this we managed to reflect the public health situation during the last century and particularly with the impact of 26th Sept.

revolution and the unification of Yemen in 1990.

On top of that there were the changes which took place resulting from the fact that Sana’a remained to be the centre for the changing affairs of the country.

Added to this were the effects of the Gulf war including thousands of returnees from the Gulf states.

The deterioration which involved the health situation improved to a certain degree during the period 1962-1989.

This improvement did not last long as it succumbed under the heavy burden caused by returnees and migrants from other towns and from the Gulf and the Horn of Africa states.

The first years of this century witnessed an improvement in the number of health institutes and the standard of the health services which continued from about 2000 to 2010.

The end of this improvement coincided with the political upheaval which took place in the Arab world.

Among other changes it led to a conspicuous deterioration in the standard and availability of health services.

At the same time other relevant services like electricity supplies deteriorated to a remarkable state.

We may thus conclude by stating that Sana’a the capital of the country witnessed a period of deterioration in the health standard during the years 1900-1962, with minor improvement during the period 1962-1990.

Of late and to date Sana’a the capital remains under the threat of future epidemics.

Recommendation: Establishment of a general comprehensive record of all threats affection the standard of health in Sana'a.