4 September 2024, Marib, Yemen – Kara Hospital is a critical health service provider for over 2 million people from Marib and neighbouring governorates such as Al Bayda, Al Jawf and Shabwah. Having opened its doors in 2010, it was upgraded to a governorate hospital in 2017. Its strategic location on the main road between Yemen and Saudi Arabia...

4 September, Aden, Yemen – Access to quality health care can mean the difference between life and death for patients. WHO Representative to Yemen Dr Arturo Pesigan explained: “In low- and middle-income countries such as Yemen, as many as 1 in 4 hospitalizations result in harm and 1 in 24 people die from unsafe care. This is a serious situation that...

Doaa Shihab, WHO Technical Officer conducts a field visit to Al Jomhoria Hospital in Aden, an EHCP supported facility. Photo credit: WHO Yemen/ A. Abdulqawi21 August 2024, Aden and Sana’a, Yemen – WHO is championing the right to quality health services for everyone, everywhere. In Yemen, despite immense efforts from all partners, this right is...

28 August 2024, Aden, Yemen – Mohamed Khalil a 2-year-old boy from Al-Khawkhah district in Hodeida, suffers from severe acute malnutrition with medical complications. His belly is swollen and his body is frail. When he began vomiting every time he ate, his mother scraped together what money she could from family and friends and took him to...

In war-torn Yemen, torrential rains and flooding have destroyed homes and shelters 6 August 2024: children in an area affected by heavy rainfall and severe flooding in Sana'a, Yemen. Photo credit: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images.26 August 2024, Sana’a, Yemen – Yemen’s skies have never been so capricious. Late last month, torrents of rain turned into...

19 August 2024  – Navigating rough roads and being chased by wild animals are among the challenges health workers face when reaching vulnerable people in Yemen’s remote villages. The deterioration of the health system amid Yemen’s ongoing acute humanitarian crisis has resulted in many people being denied access to health care. They are dying from...

Diseases, high food insecurity, and limited access to safe drinking water are driving up acute malnutrition among vulnerable children ADEN, Yemen,18 August 2024 – Acute malnutrition is rapidly increasing in Government of Yemen (GoY)-controlled areas, with the West Coast experiencing “extremely critical” levels for the first time, the Integrated...

Cumulative precipitation in Hodeida governorate, Yemen on 06 August 2024Source: Nasa Global Precipitation Measurement Tool. Updated: 07 August 20248 August 2024, Hodeida, Yemen – Heavy rainfall on the night of 6 August 2024 has caused severe flooding across Hodeida governorate, including in Hodeida city. The deluge resulted in 30 fatalities and 5...

30 July 2024, Aden, Yemen – A vital response project to combat Yemen’s rapidly escalating outbreak of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) has been launched by WHO, in collaboration with Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population. The project is generously funded by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief). Since mid-March 2024,...

30 July 2024, Aden, Yemen – More than 1.2 million people are set to benefit from a vital initiative to combat measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases in Yemen. The US$ 3 million project launched by WHO and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) aims to significantly boost immunization coverage and measles...