07 April 2026, Aden, Yemen – The theme of World Health Day 2026, Together for Health, Stand with Science, celebrates the power of scientific collaboration to protect the health of people, animals, plants and the planet. The World Health Organization (WHO) in Yemen joins the global call to highlight the critical role of science and evidence-based...

24 March 2026, Aden, Yemen – Conflict intensified across Yemen in 2025. Repeated air and naval strikes placed immense pressure on the already fragile health system. Hospitals, which were already struggling with critical shortages of medicines, medical supplies and functioning referral services in Sana’a, Hodeida, Al-Baidha and other affected...

16 March 2026, Aden, Yemen – Amid one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises, Yemen has reinforced its national immunization system and successfully interrupted variant poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) transmission in the south. Between 2024 and 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO), with financial support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance;...

11 March 2026, Aden, Yemen – After a decade of conflict, Yemen’s health system is severely strained. In the face of enormous challenges and overwhelming needs, health care workers remain at the heart of the system, continuing to serve on the front lines. They are the lifeline that keeps hospitals and emergency services functioning. But the...

09 March 2026, Aden, Yemen – In Yemen’s prolonged humanitarian crisis, women and girls continue to face a heightened risk of gender-based violence (GBV), while the health system struggles under the weight of conflict, displacement and limited resources. In such a fragile context, ensuring that survivors of GBV can access safe, confidential and...

A comprehensive emergency vector control campaign in targeted districts in Yemen. Photo credits: WHO Yemen/ Nesma Khan23 February 2026, Aden,Yemen - The World Health Organization (WHO), with the generous support of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), is currently implementing Phase 2 of a project to strengthen malaria...

22 February 2026, Aden, Yemen – Over the past three years, WHO Yemen has led a transformative initiative to strengthen civil society capacity to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH), embedding accountability, protection and dignity into health and humanitarian service delivery. Through an integrated approach...

18 February 2026  – In 2025, between March and October, as conflict intensified across Yemen, repeated air and naval strikes placed immense pressure on health facilities in Sana’a, Hodeida, Taiz and other affected governorates. Hospitals experienced a surge in trauma cases, critical shortages of essential medical supplies and disruptions to...

18 February 2026, Aden, Yemen – A two-day national consultative workshop was convened in Aden to conduct Yemen’s State Party Self-Assessment Annual Reporting (SPAR) for 2025, in line with the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR). With support from the Pandemic Preparedness and Response Project (PPRP), funded by the Pandemic Fund, the...

12 February 2026, Aden, Yemen – The World Health Organization (WHO) is appealing for US$ 38.8 million to deliver life-saving emergency health assistance to 10.5 million people across Yemen in 2026, as the country enters another year of protracted conflict, disease outbreaks, climate shocks and deepening humanitarian needs. An infant inside an...