Almotamar.net, Saba - Vice President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi inaugurated on Saturday in Hajjah City an anti-schistosomiasis campaign, which aims to protect 3 million citizens who are over the six-year age.
During the inauguration, Hadi gave the first doses of schistosomiasis treatment for some students at Al-Hamati School in the city of Hajjah.
In a statement to media, Hadi urged and called on all the local and official authorities at the deferent levels to provided full cooperation to the workers of this campaign in the targeted districts for the success of the campaign and its goals.
The campaign, which is financed under the six-year project to combat schistosomiasis funded by a USD 25 million grant of the World Bank, is implemented in 38 districts in the provinces of Sana'a, Dalei, Hajjah, Dhamar, Raymah and Mahweet.
In this regard, Regional Deputy Director of the WHO Abdullah al Saadi praised efforts made by the State, represented in Ministry of Public Health and Population, in the eradication of diseases, including schistosomiasis.
He expressed his hope that these efforts would continue in partnership with the WHO and other organizations working in the health field.
On related news, Hadi opened at the Al-Thawrah Public Hospital in Hajjah activities of the free medical camp for eyes diseases, which lasts for one week.
Following the opening, Hadi got acquainted with the camp's activities and the cases that are examined and medicated.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
VP inaugurates anti-schistosomiasis campaign
