Yemen: Due to Lack of Medications, Rates of Children with epilepsy Are on the Rise

With the horrible scourge of war, rates of people diagnosed with epilepsy are on the rise due to an acute shortage of government-subsidized medications and high prices of such medications in Pharmacies. Thousands of patients were isolated in remote areas fearing they would have sudden epileptic seizures that would embarrass them. The only specialized center in Taiz, the highly populated region, received thousands of patients lately