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IOM Yemen | Rapid Displacement Tracking (RDT) – Reporting Period: 27 Sep – 03 Oct 2020
DTM’s Rapid Displacement Tracking (RDT) tool collects and reports on numbers of households forced to flee on a daily basis, allowing for regular reporting of new displacements in terms of numbers, geography and needs. In the first eights…
Patients Return Home to Yemen After Medical Treatment in Jordan [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 4 October 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for Yemen Mr. Altaf Musani, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen Ms. Lise Grande, and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Mr. Martin Griffiths welcomed the return today of…
Waiting to declare famine ‘will be too late for Yemenis on brink of starvation’
In Yemen, fears of famine have resurfaced as UN humanitarians also warned on Friday that 360,000 severely malnourished children could die unless they continue to get treatment and aid is stepped up. In an urgent appeal for funding, the…
IOM Reaches over 25,000 Internally Displaced People in Yemen with Shelter Support
Marib – This week, around 3,600 displaced families – over 25,000 people – affected by floods and storms here in April received their second installment of support from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). IOM’s support came…
Yemen: Tens of thousands of severely malnourished children are left without treatment since March
Number of children receiving essential care for deadliest form of hunger drops 74% since March
SANA’A (July 10, 2020)—Tens of thousands of children in Yemen are missing out on life-saving treatment for severe malnutrition due to funding…
Yemen: UNHCR Operational Update, 2 July 2020
IDP Response
A total of 32,000 IDP families will receive a direct distribution of some USD 5 M, starting from next week. The fourth cash distribution for this year in the northern part of Yemen is underway, as well as the third…
Yemen: COVID-19 spreads across the country, pushing ruined health system over the brink
“At first there were many volunteer doctors and nurses around,” said Dr. Nizar Jahlan, “but when they knew that cases were coming to the hospital, they all disappeared.” This is how the story of COVID-19 began in the Yemeni city of Sana’a,…
UN Special Envoy’s Office for Yemen concludes first online mass consultations
Amman, 10 June 2020 - The Office of the Special Envoy for Yemen has concluded the first large-scale virtual consultation with hundreds of Yemenis on the opportunities and challenges of peace in Yemen, including the UN’s ongoing efforts to…
Over five million Yemenis at risk of losing access to food and clean water as coronavirus spreads in…
Survey* conducted in Yemen reveals impact of funding shortfalls as Pledging conference is held today
Recent funding gaps and other challenges in Yemen will put an additional estimated 5.5 million people in the war-torn country at risk of…
Ahead of Yemen donor conference, IRC calls for urgent diplomatic and funding surge to stem the…
New York, NY, June 1, 2020 — David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, said:
“Yemen’s health care system has nearly collapsed under the strain of five years of brutal war and now the increasing number of…