Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan 2017

Health sector funding requirements for 2017

US$ 430.4 million for 2017 (health partners including WHO)

WHO funding requirements for 2017

US$ 219.2 million

Beneficiaries targeted by health partners in 2017

Health partners will target 10.4 million people in 2017. These include

2.6 million women

5.8 million children

Almost two years of war have devastated Yemen, leaving 18.8 million people in need of humanitarian and protection assistance – including 10.3 million who are in acute need. The conflict is rapidly pushing the country towards social, economic and institutional collapse.

More than 7 million are facing food insecurity, and more than 8 million face acute shortages of clean water and sanitation. Nearly 3.3 million people – including 2.1 million children of which 462 000 children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Violence since 2015 has forced more than 3 million people from their homes, including 2 million who remain internally displaced as of January 2017.

An estimated 14.8 million people lack access to basic health care, including 8.8 million living in severely underserved areas. In light of access and security constraints, the 2017 Health Cluster response plan targets 10.4 million people Medical materials are in chronically short supply, and only 45% of health facilities are functioning. As of October 2016, at least 274 health facilities had been damaged or destroyed, 13 health workers had been killed and 31 injured.

According to Health Cluster analysis, the main causes of avoidable deaths in Yemen are communicable diseases, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions (together accounting for 50% of mortality) and non-communicable diseases (39% of mortality). Cholera has hit the country in two waves, the first beginning in October 2016. On average, the conflict kills or injures nearly 75 people every day.

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