Yemen

A baby is screened for malnutrition at the UNICEF-supported Al-Jomhouri Hospital in Sa’ada, Yemen.
UNICEF/Ma’ad Al-Zekri

Malnutrition among children in Yemen at ‘all-time high,’ warns UNICEF

12 December 2016
With Yemen’s health system near collapse, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today that nearly 2.2 million children are acutely malnourished and require urgent care, while at least 462,000 are suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) – a near 200 per cent increase since 2014.
Humanitarians have reached over five million people in Yemen since January 2016.
OCHA Yemen

UN relief wing allocates $58 million for life-saving assistance in war-torn Yemen

9 December 2016
Amid soaring malnutrition and collapsing basic services in Yemen, a staggering 18.8 million people need humanitarian assistance, the United Nations relief wing has reported as it allocated $58 million through the Humanitarian Pooled Fund to bolster life-saving activities across the crisis-gripped country.
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Formation of Houthi government ‘complicates search for peaceful solution’ to Yemen crisis – UN envoy

29 November 2016
Describing the recent announcement by Ansar Allah and the General People’s Congress of the creation of a new Government as “a new and unnecessary obstacle” to peace in Yemen, the United Nations envoy for the country today urged the parties “to re-think their approach and demonstrate their commitment to the peace process with concrete actions.”
Somali refugees on the coast of Yemen after having undertaken a gruelling sea journey from the Horn of Africa.
UNHCR/R. Nuri (file)

Fleeing violence in Horn of Africa, asylum-seekers find little safety in Yemen – UN refugee agency

29 November 2016
Highlighting a dramatic increase in sea crossings by migrants and refugees from the Horn of Africa to Yemen – which itself is reeling under a deteriorating humanitarian crisis, the United Nations refugee agency today called for urgent steps to deter and save people from the deadly risks they are taking.
Dar Sa’ad District, Aden, Yemen.
WFP/Ammar Bamatraf

Yemen: UN envoy announces resumption of cessation of hostilities

19 November 2016
Announcing the resumption of a comprehensive of hostilities in the war-torn Gulf nation, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, has called on all parties to ensure that it leads to a permanent and lasting end to the conflict.
There are no medical doctors in 49 out of 276 surveyed districts in Yemen, and only 2 doctors or less in 42 per cent of surveyed districts.
WHO Yemen

New UN survey reveals extensive damage to health system in war-torn Yemen

7 November 2016
There are critical shortages in medical doctors in over 40 per cent of all Yemeni districts, with more than half of all health facilities closed or partially functioning as the conflict continues, a new World Health Organization (WHO) survey has revealed.
Muhannad Hadi.
UN

Children and parents together “too sick to move” in Yemeni hospital

1 November 2016
General News

Malnourishment is becoming so severe in war-torn Yemen that children and parents are laying side-by-side in hospital beds, “too sick to move”.

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Children at the home clinic in Foot village, Sa’ada Governorate, northern Yemen. The clinic provides basic health services for the 3,000 people in the village.
OCHA/Afif Abu Aser

‘Dawn of peace’ could be near if Yemeni actors prioritize national interest – UN envoy tells Security Council

31 October 2016
Highlighting that the humanitarian situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate despite the efforts of relief actors, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen called on all parties to recommit themselves to the promises made earlier and to engage fully and constructively with the UN-mediated peace process.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided the Al-Thawra Hospital in Hudaydah, Yemen, with 30 medical beds, 5 infant radiant warmers and 1 trauma kit.
WHO/ Abdullah Al-Halabi

Amid escalating conflict in Yemen, UN-associated migration agency launches 150 million regional appeal

28 October 2016
Warning that the situation in Yemen is growing more dire every day, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the lead United Nations-affiliated agency on migration issues, launched today a regional appeal for nearly $150 million to help provide desperately needed assistance to the country’s people trapped amid the escalating conflict.
Ahmed, 3 years old, receives treatment for moderate acute malnutrition in a hospital in Hajjah, Yemen
Photo: WFP/Abeer Etefa

Families in Yemen struggling to feed their children: WFP

25 October 2016
General News

Severely malnourished children in some parts of Yemen are surviving on bread alone most days of the week.

That’s what mothers told a team from the World Food Programme (WFP) which concluded a visit to the country on Tuesday.

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