7 April 2025, Sana’a, Yemen – On World Health Day 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) is raising the alarm about the dire state of maternal and neonatal health in Yemen. Under the theme Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures, WHO is  underscoring the urgent need for scaled-up interventions to save lives and protect the well-being of Yemen's most...

2 January 2025, Sana’a, Yemen – More than 50% of homes in Yemen rely on solar power, a vital energy source in a country that has faced almost a decade of conflict and disruptions to its power grid.  With support from WHO and other partners, hospitals and other health facilities are increasingly turning to solar as a sustainable energy source.  Throughout the...

2 January 2025, Aden, Yemen – Safely managing medical waste has been a critical challenge amid Yemen’s ongoing conflict. However, innovative investments and consistent reinforcement of good practices by WHO, the World Bank, and local health authorities are transforming this essential process, protecting communities and the environment. Eight years ago,...

WHO hospital resilience capacity-building in the renovated training room at Al Jumhoria Hospital in Aden / WHO Yemen2 January 2025, Aden, Yemen – Skilled health workers are the backbone of strong health systems. Yet, in Yemen, the ongoing humanitarian crisis has severely disrupted their access to continuing professional development (CPD),...

24 February 2025 – In December 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) held in a three-day workshop in Aden to strengthen Yemen’s notification and information-sharing capacities for acute public health events in Yemen. Against the backdrop of Yemen’s protracted conflict and fragile health system, the event marked a pivotal step in bolstering the...

16 January 2025, Sana’a, Yemen – As part of WHO’s Health Emergency Appeal for 2025, the WHO country office in Yemen is appealing for US$ 57.8 million to reach 10.5 million people with life-saving emergency health assistance in 2025. “Every year of this prolonged crisis, human vulnerabilities increase, and more families, women and children are...

08 January 2025, Sana’a/Aden, Yemen – Yemen’s decade-long conflict has devastated health care infrastructure. The ability to conduct routine vaccinations, manage chronic diseases and respond to disease outbreaks has been severely compromised. As a result, preventable diseases like cholera, diphtheria, measles and dengue fever have spread rapidly...

8 December 2024, Aden, Yemen – The Ministry of Public Health and Population, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and with support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is launching a mass oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign. The initiative aims to administer a single dose of...

Some areas require heavy equipment to clear mosquito breeding sites. Photo credit: National Malaria Control Programme02 December 2024, Sana’a, Yemen – In early August, heavy rains caused torrential floods across many regions of Yemen, severely damaging infrastructure and inundating streets and homes. Poor sanitation has heightened the risk of...

Controlling whooping cough in Amad village, Anss district, Dhamar Governorate 2 December 2024  – In July 2024, an Electronic Integrated Disease Early Warning System (eIDEWS) coordinator in Dhamar Governorate noticed an increase in suspected whooping cough cases, with 5 reported in Amad village. An RRT was dispatched to investigate and conducted...