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WHO continues large-scale malaria response across Yemen
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...
Strengthening civil society leadership and institutional safeguarding systems
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...
Saving lives amid escalating conflict in Yemen
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...
Pandemic Fund Drives Yemen’s National Effort to Strengthen Health Security
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...
World Health Organization appeals for urgent health funding to protect millions of lives in Yemen in 2026
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...
When every minute counts: Emergency trauma care saving lives in Marib and Taiz
11 February 2026, Aden, Yemen – In Yemen, emergencies arrive without warning – and often in numbers that overwhelm fragile health systems. Across Marib and Taiz, hospitals are receiving a steady flow of patients injured by road traffic crashes, explosions and gunfire. Many arrive in critical condition. For them, survival depends on minutes: on...
Reaching the unreachable: accelerating onchocerciasis elimination in Yemen
04 February 2026, Aden, Yemen – In Yemen’s remote high-altitude valleys, communities have lived for generations with sowda, a severe form of onchocerciasis (commonly known as “river blindness”), that causes debilitating skin disease, stigma and long-term suffering. Years of conflict, rugged terrain and chronic funding gaps have left many...
World NTD Day 2026: Unite. Act. Eliminate.
WHO urges sustained commitment to protect progress against neglected tropical diseases in Yemen 30 January 2026 – Aden, Yemen – On World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day 2026, marked under the theme “Unite. Act. Eliminate.”, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Yemen renews its call for collective action to end NTDs as a cornerstone of...
Restoring dignity and safety through WASH – a new chapter for Marib and Matna hospitals
12 January 2026, Aden, Yemen – For years, stepping into Marib General Hospital meant entering a place fighting its own battles. Overcrowded corridors. Walls swollen with humidity. Bathrooms that constantly leaked or clogged. Floors cracked from overuse. Air heavy with the weight of too many patients and too few functional systems. The hospital...
WHO strengthens the energy resilience of Yemeni health facilities with support from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development
06 November 2025, Aden, Yemen – With generous funding from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), the World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a new project to strengthen the energy resilience of Yemen’s health sector through the installation of solar energy systems and battery storage in 6 health facilities across the...
