Thanks to support from the Government of Japan, WHO has supported 20 diphtheria treatment centres in Yemen, including at As Sabeen Hospital in Sana'a 28 February 2021 – The humanitarian emergency in Yemen has forced the health situation into a critical state. The ongoing conflict in several areas of the country has negatively impacted the...

Humanitarian crisis continues to exert a terrible toll on children, warn FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO Sana’a/Aden/Rome/New York/Geneva, 12 February 2021 – Nearly 2.3 million children under the age of 5 in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, 4 United Nations agencies warned today. Of these, 400 000 are expected to suffer...

2 February 2021 – Children are among the most impacted by the ongoing conflict and its consequences on health care services. Thanks to Germany’s support, WHO and INTERSOS have been able to provide them with life-saving medical care. A country hammered by years of conflict, Yemen has been marked as the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe, with nearly...

Cairo, 27  January 2021 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) have joined forces in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen through a new project to support COVID-19 preparedness and response. Under this new award, WHO will work with the Ministry of Public Health and Population to...

Sana'a, 19 January 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO) office in Yemen denies what has been reported in local media about its intention to stop its support to Yemen's health facilities with the fuel needed to operate them. The office confirms that despite severe funding shortages, the necessary financial resources have been mobilized...

Cairo, 18 January 2021 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) are continuing their joint fight against child malnutrition in Yemen by sustaining essential nutrition services and enhancing access to life-saving interventions for the most vulnerable populations. Funded at US$ 5.5...

Cairo, 5 January 2021- The World Health Organization (WHO) and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) are working together to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in targeted health facilities and water quality monitoring and surveillance in cholera high-risk districts. Through a new US$ 7 million award, a...

Sana'a, 21 December 2020 - The World Health Organization country office in Yemen denies what has been reported in local Yemeni media about the Organization's refusal to transfer abroad for treatment siamese twins that are currently being treated in a hospital in Sana'a. The office calls on all media to be responsible, credible and accurate when...

Cairo, 14 December 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) have started the implementation of a new project to support the delivery of essential health services in Yemen. Funded at US$ 20.5 million, the project is part of a broader US$ 46 million agreement between the two...

Jeddah/Geneva, 12 October 2020 – The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have joined forces with Yemen’s Ministries of Health and Population and Planning and International Cooperation to provide emergency support to assist the country respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Built on Yemen’s national strategy to...