WHO in Yemen
WHO and OFDA preserving and protecting Yemen’s health system
3 October 2019 – As Yemen approaches more than 4 years of war, an estimated 20 million people are in need of access to healthcare. Through the generous support of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), WHO has been able to meet health needs in the midst of this evolving conflict. Strategic partnerships save lives “In Yemen, the...
Keeping Yemen from the brink of famine: Italy and WHO fight malnutrition
3 October 2019 – WHO and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) are working together to fight malnutrition in Yemen. This valued partner has generously donated critical funding in the amount of EUR 2 million in support of the nutrition response in Yemen. This is a testament to the Government of Italy’s sustained commitment to the...
Second round of oral cholera vaccine reaches nearly 400 000 people in Aden, Taiz and Al Dhale’e
Sana’a, 21 August 2019 — A 6-day oral cholera vaccination campaign reached almost 400 000 people, including almost 65 000 children under the age of 5 in Aden, Al Dhale’e and Taiz, where high numbers of suspected cholera and acute watery diarrhoea cases have been recorded. The first few months of 2019 saw an increase of reported acute watery...
#womenhumanitarians: celebrating World Humanitarian Day in Yemen
Laura Lloyd Braff I have been involved in emergency response work for the WHO since 2013, and have been stationed in Yemen since 2017. In Yemen, I work as a Project Management Officer on the Emergency Health and Nutrition Project (EHNP), which, in partnership with the World Bank and UNICEF, supports the provision of Health and Nutrition Services in...
WHO supports emergency medical care in Al Thawra Hospital, Sana’a, Yemen
Each oxygen station has the capacity to fill 200 oxygen cylinders per day, helping to fill the gap of the inpatient and intensive care units in Al Thawra Hospital To support the functionality ofAl Thawra Hospital’semergency sections, WHO has installed an oxygen station in the facility, and equipped the intensive care unit with medical...
Donations from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates provide access to health care for millions in Yemen
27 May 2019, Aden/Sana’a — The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed its gratitude to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates for a grant of US$ 20 million, which will support ongoing efforts to stop the spread of cholera in Yemen. “This support is crucial for stopping cholera transmission in the most affected communities, and to build the...
Government of Japan support to WHO response in Yemen
In 2019, donations from Japan will continue to allow WHO to scale up its capacity-building activities for national health care personnel24 April 2019 – Contributions from the Government of Japan have been crucial to WHO’s health response in Yemen. Between 2016 and 2019, the Government of Japan generously supported WHO’s humanitarian response with...
Two years since world's largest outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea and cholera, Yemen witnessing another sharp increase in reported cases with number of deaths continuing to increase
Photo: WHO/Sadeq Al-Wesabi From Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director in the Middle East and North Africa and Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Muscat/Amman/Cairo, 26 March 2019 – “In Yemen, since the beginning of the year until 17 March, nearly 109 000 cases of severe acute watery diarrhoea and...
Statement on Yemen by Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean
23 March 2019 - I have just returned from Yemen, where I witnessed firsthand the suffering, illness and death of innocent civilians caught up in this crisis. In my visits to hospitals in Aden and Sana’a, I saw newborn babies and children, sometimes 2-3 to a bed, suffering from severe acute malnutrition, heart and renal failure, pneumonia and...
The Minimum Service Package – a lifeline for the vulnerable in remote areas
Safia Ahmed, has been working as a nurse for 20 years now. She currently works at Al Fawaris health centre supported by the Minimum Service Package. Due to the ongoing war in Yemen she has lost her her income. 19 February 2019 – With a health system on the brink of collapse, and ongoing conflict causing one of the largest humanitarian crises in the...
