The Taiz transplant team looking to begin a medical revolution in Yemen
Taiz’s Cardiac and Vascular Diseases and Kidney Transplant Center provides Yemenis with affordable treatment.
![The joint Yemeni-Qatari team for pediatric cardiac catheterization and surgery performed on 110 children in Taiz, with support from Qatar Charity and the Qatar Red Crescent (May 16-21) [Abdulhakim Helal/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1000269325.jpg-1780811786.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Taiz’s Cardiac and Vascular Diseases and Kidney Transplant Center provides Yemenis with affordable treatment.
![The joint Yemeni-Qatari team for pediatric cardiac catheterization and surgery performed on 110 children in Taiz, with support from Qatar Charity and the Qatar Red Crescent (May 16-21) [Abdulhakim Helal/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1000269325.jpg-1780811786.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![Ali Sagher Shareem fled his village in western Yemen for Seiyun in the east, arriving as humanitarian aid dried up and host communities began demanding a share of assistance reaching IDPs. [Saeed Al-Batati/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1a3d-1779600233.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Yemeni negotiators and other officials disembark from a plane flying under the banner of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) upon arrival at Yemen's Aden International Airport on April 14, 2023 during a previous prisoner exchange with the Houthi group [File: Saleh Al-Obeidi/AFPB]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/AFP__20230414__33D74JY__v5__HighRes__TopshotYemenConflictPrisoners-1778771267.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)





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