“We had zero testing capacity, no one was trained, many health care workers neglected their role due to fear of COVID-19, but now with the support of WHO and the World Bank, all of us are trained and provided with lab equipment and supplies to help us minimize the spread of COVID-19 and revitalize Yemen’s destroyed health infrastructure,” Dr Mayada...

Aden, Yemen, 1 March 2022 – Some 17,788 Yemeni citizens with thalassemia and other genetic blood disorders have received life-saving medications under an emergency World Health Organization (WHO) programme funded by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). The programme has exceeded expectations of delivering life-saving medications to 4,549 patients...

23 February 2022- Thousands of Yemeni children and adolescents suffer from thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder that causes anemia, fatigue, stunting, and even death. The disorder is manageable with blood transfusions and iron-chelating drugs, and patients who are treated can live normal lives. But the country's ongoing conflict has severely...

17 January 2022 – WHO has joined forces with King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre to support malaria prevention and control efforts across the country.  As part of the malaria project, WHO, in partnership with KSrelief, has implemented vector control and indoor residual spraying campaigns in 13 governorates, reaching 5 424 381 people....

30 December 2021 - It was late in the evening on 7 December 2021 when Dr Ahmed Al-Soofi received an email unlike any other in his 16 years of working with WHO in Yemen. "It was the biggest surprise of my life!" said Dr Ahmed. "At first I didn’t understand it. Then I made two phone calls to my mother and my wife. I told them it would not have been...

28 December 2021 - "Imagine becoming like family for a complete stranger, like everything they have in life and like their lifeline. During my work for the COVID-19 response, we work tirelessly to save the lives of these patients and offer them care and support in their fight against the disease," says Fadhl Ismail, a health worker in the Al Amal...

General Director of Al-Sadaqah Hospital Dr Kefaya Al-Gazaie, Manager of the Radiology Department Dhikra Abdulraheem and WHO Technical Officer Dr Amgad Abdulqawi discuss the impact that the new digital x-ray machine will have on the population of Aden and surrounding governoratesAden, 5 December 2021 – With the crisis in Yemen profoundly...

15 December 2021 - Thirty-eight-year-old Wajdi Sweidan, a lab technician at Tarim Hospital, in Hadramout, contracted COVID-19 while he was taking samples from a patient. After recovering, his family tried to convince him to stop working at the centre, but he was determined to help patients get through the “harshest illness” he has ever...

14 December 2021 –- Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths are neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), but these parasitic worm infections can lead to anaemia, malnutrition, and learning difficulties among children. Left untreated, schistosomiasis can damage the liver, intestines, bladder, spleen and lungs, while soil-transmitted helminths can cause...

5 December 2021 – The conflict in Yemen has taken a dreadful toll on the health infrastructure. Almost 7 years of active conflict has impaired the availability and quality of health services to the most vulnerable. Leaving over 20 million civilians in need of health assistance. If that is not enough, the emergence of COVID-19 has exacerbated existing...