31 May 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) is partnering with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to sustain the COVID-19 response and essential services at targeted health care facilities, combined with community-based interventions. These focused and extensive health interventions will be carried out by WHO in...

31 May 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), will install lifesaving oxygen stations in 5 main hospitals located in priority southern governorates of Hadramout, Shabwa, Marib and Abyan. The 5 oxygen stations will be a critical support to hospitals for...

Sana’a and Aden, 29 May 2022 – Every person should have access to the health care they need. That’s why in Yemen, the health authorities, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF and the World Bank, are reviewing the Minimum Service Package (MSP). The first MSP was developed in 2017 during a difficult period of intensifying conflict. The package was rapidly...

Aden, Yemen 12 May 2022 – With support from the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), the World Health Organization (WHO) has supplied vital training, equipment and supplies that is allowing medical facilities to improve trauma, emergency and blood bank services for thousands of Yemeni citizens in conflict zones. Dr...

9 May 2022 - For the past several years, Yemen has been described as the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis” due to its protracted war and subsequent economic collapse. This has only been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and the spread of other diseases. In response to the country’s acute and tragic health outcomes, the World Health...

14 April 2022 Despite significant declines in recent years, malaria still represents a serious public health problem in Yemen – especially against the backdrop of a war that has been raging since 2014, the country’s associated economic collapse, and the healthcare system’s limited capacity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story Arabic...

13 April 2022 (WHO) – With support from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), the World Health Organization (WHO) has begun providing essential medicines, equipment, and training to eight high-priority hospitals in Yemen for treating severe acute malnutrition among children under the age of five. WHO will support the...

11 April 2022  – In response to Yemen’s historic cholera outbreak and the heightened risk of other infectious diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) have joined forces to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) at health facilities throughout the country’s southern...

27 March 2022 - Since 2015, Yemen has faced a severe and complex humanitarian crisis due largely to the growing activities of armed groups, inter-community tensions, and economic decline. The Yemen crisis is also linked to additional factors such as food and nutrition insecurity, COVID-19, other disease outbreaks, climate change, and natural...

22 March 2022 - The 2020 World Malaria Report estimated that 20.4 million Yemenis (65% of the total population) live in areas that are at high risk of transmission. Malaria is endemic in Hajar District, where torrential rainfall and subsequent pooling have created a fertile breeding ground for mosquitoes, cut off arterial roads to hospitals, and...