essment of Yemen in the early 1990s prompted the government to listen seriously and then take action. Malaria is one of the biggest health concerns in the area, but Yemen does not take this into consideration in any political manner, “A team of consultants from the World Health Organization and other agencies came to Yemen to study the problem of malaria. They found that there are no control measures by the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Construction and Housing or any other relevant sectors,” (Fighting 4). The government listened seriously and the Ministry of Health, lead by Dr. Abdullah Abdulwali Nasher, created the Malaria Control Project in Sanaa in tandem with the Ministry of Construction and Urban Planning and the Ministry of Culture and Irrigation. WHO provided $3,000 towards the effort and ten vehicles have been equipped with specific insecticide-spraying technology to go to ten different malaria infested locations and help with mosquito control (Fighting 4).
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