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New UK aid to feed millions of people in Yemen
The UK is stepping up its humanitarian support to help millions of people at risk of starvation in Yemen, the Prime Minister announced today.
New UK aid worth £200 million will feed millions of people and provide water and sanitation to…
Yemen: The time to act is now
Years of conflict, economic decline and institutional collapse have devastated Yemen. The human impact of the conflict can hardly be overstated.
At last year’s Pledging Conference, donors’ extraordinary generosity ensured that over US$2…
Yemen: Responding to Emergency (V2)
With a combination of conflict, cholera, extreme food insecurity, and widespread poverty, in 2018 the situation in Yemen deteriorated to such an extent that it is now considered the worst humanitarian crisis anywhere in the world.
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In world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the miracle of a safe birth
JARDAN, Yemen – Over a million pregnant women and new mothers require urgent aid in Yemen, the site of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Mohsina was one of these women when she went into labour at the end of a complicated and painful…
Nationwide measles and rubella immunization campaign reaches 11.6 million children in Yemen
21 February 2019 – In collaboration with local health authorities, WHO and UNICEF have concluded a nationwide measles and rubella vaccination campaign in Yemen reaching more than 11.6 million children aged 6 months–16 years across the…
In Yemen: we must protect the cycle of life until the warring parties put down the guns
By Dr. Luay Shabaneh
I traveled to Yemen a few weeks after the United Nations Security Council adopted the first UN resolution on Yemen in more than three years of deadly conflict. The resolution, agreed in Stockholm last December, calls…
NFDHR distributed 335743 food baskets to IDPs and vulnerable host communities during 2018
The National Foundation for Development and Humanitarian Response (NFDHR) distributed more than 335,000 food baskets to IDPs and affected people in Al-Jawf, Al-Bayda and Marib Governorates during the last year 2018.
According to Food…
This has to be the last time that 80% of Yemen’s population needs humanitarian aid – CARE
(February 20, 2019) — As the United Nations' third high-level donor pledging event to garner support for the humanitarian response in Yemen gets underway in Geneva, CARE is calling for the world to do everything it can to make sure this is…
Yemen: Responding to the World’s worst Humanitarian Crisis (V3)
With a combination of conflict, cholera, extreme food insecurity, and widespread poverty, in 2018 the situation in Yemen deteriorated to such an extent that it is now considered the worst humanitarian crisis anywhere in the world. More than…
Redeployment agreement from Hudaydah welcome – calls to bring positive change for children
Statement by Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa
SANA’A/AMMAN, 20 February 2019 – “UNICEF welcomes the recent agreement by parties to the conflict in Yemen to begin the mutual redeployment of…