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Braving air strikes, Yemen’s midwives go to heroic lengths to save lives
Hajjah, Yemen – “When the war broke out, I left my job in the city and came to Aslam,” Rawthah Ahmed, a midwife with 25 years of experience, told UNFPA. Her services are desperately needed in Aslam, a remote village in Hajjah Governorate.…
Yemen UNHCR Update, 1 – 14 April 2018
KEY FIGURES
22.2 million people in need
2M Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
89 per cent of IDPs displaced for more than a year
956K IDP returnees
1M recipients of CRIs since March 2015
280K refugees and asylum seekers…
Yemen: Cholera Response Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin: W14 2018 (Apr 02 – Apr 08) [EN/AR]
Highlights
Cumulative figures
-The cumulative total from 27 April 2017 to 8 April 2018 is 1,088,030 suspected cholera cases and 2,272 associated deaths, (CFR 0.21%), 1113 have been confirmed by culture.
The total proportion of…
UN Children’s Fund, WASH Cluster, REACH Initiative-Yemen Joint Market Monitoring Initiative…
INTRODUCTION
This is the first monthly factsheet for the Yemen Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI). The JMMI has been launched by REACH in collaboration with the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster and Cash and Market…
Yemen emergency: Providing support to people with injuries – Handicap International –…
Since February, Humanity & Inclusion has expanded our scope of action in Yemen to ensure that people with disabilities and other vulnerable individuals are not left on the sidelines during this crisis. We’ve recruited dozens of…
WHO scales up support to mitigate child malnutrition in Yemen
18 April 2018 – Wanisa is sitting beside her 7-month-old child, Soraya, anxious that she will meet the same fate as her older sister who died of severe malnutrition just a few days ago.
Wanisa brought her weak child to the WHO-supported…
UNHCR alarmed at horrific conditions facing newly-arrived refugees and migrants in Yemen – UN…
ADEN, Yemen – In excruciating pain from weeks of beatings and now suffering from gangrene and facing a leg amputation, 30-year-old Ethiopian refugee Jon* never imagined his quest for safety would result in such a horrific ordeal.
“I landed…