Yemen (a country in the Arabian Peninsula gripped by a decade-long civil war) is facing a severe malaria outbreak, with the World Health Organization warning that roughly 64% of the population lives in high-risk zones for the disease. Epidemiological data from 2025 has already recorded 116,000 confirmed cases, over 1,200 serious hospitalisations, and at least 11 deaths, with children under five and pregnant women identified as the most vulnerable groups. The crisis is compounded by the near-collapse of Yemen's healthcare infrastructure — around 60% of medical facilities are fully or partially non-functional due to the conflict — leaving some 20 million people without access to basic medical care as overcrowded displacement camps and poor sanitation continue to accelerate the spread of the disease.