Seven sectoral workshops were organized in 1993 to review the implementation and impact of the national population policy and to develop effective mechanisms to integrate population variables into the development planning of Yemen. This is being carried out through different sectoral information, education and communications projects throughout the country. In this connection, an important activity organized in collaboration with the University of Sana'a was the national workshop on legislation related to women's status in Yemen, held in November 1993. World Health Organization 27. Since 1990, diarrhoeal diseases have become a top priority in Yemen because of the large number of cases and deaths witnessed in the last three years.
Health management is a particularly weak area in Yemen.
Responding to the specific needs of Yemen, WHO has intensified its collaboration with the Government to develop infrastructure for human resource development, district health systems based on primary health care, and information systems and health-financing.