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UNICEF and WHO to train 200 general practitioners in Yemen to boost quality primary health care under the World Bank-financed Emergency Human Capital Project
General practitioner is providing clinical mentorship to a female health care worker in a primary healthcare facility supported by the EHCP. Photo credit: UNICEF Yemen13 Mayl 2024, Sana’a, Yemen – For health systems around the world, especially those in low-income countries like Yemen, providing quality care to communities is a huge challenge....
Invest, implement and innovate to reduce Yemen’s malaria burden
Entomological surveillance workshop for malaria in Socotra. Photo credit: M. Al Amoody25 April 2024, Socotra Island and Tehama region, Yemen – Despite persistent efforts to prevent and control malaria in Yemen, about two thirds of the population remain at risk of the disease. With World Bank support via the Emergency Human Capital Project...
Stopping polio in Yemen, one step at a time
25 April 2024 – As long as a single child is infected with polio, all unvaccinated children are at risk of contracting the disease. In fragile and conflict-affected contexts, such as Yemen, children can be especially vulnerable. From 2021 to 2023, Yemen reported 237 variant poliovirus type 2 cases – from both circulating vaccine-derived...
“People saw the deadly impact of diseases with their own eyes, so they would come to get vaccinated”
the Ministry of Public Health and Population25 April 2024 – Interview with Dr Mohammed Hajar, Advisor on Immunization to the Ministry of Public Health and Population, and one of the greatest minds behind the Essential Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Yemen. “I only came to this interview because EPI is one of my grandchildren.” These were the very first words...
Strengthening preparedness at Yemen’s points of entry
Participants of the point of entry training of trainers workshop in Aden, Yemen. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Yemen21 April 2024 – Yemen faces complex challenges made worse by 10 years of conflict. The deteriorating situation is coupled with a fragile health system, a lack of specialized staff, and a rise in health emergencies, some of which emerge...
The right to health: WHO works to bridge health divide in Yemen
7 April 2024, Sana’a, Yemen – All people have the right to health. And no matter where they live, they should be able to access and afford quality health care when they need it. The prolonged conflict in Yemen has left half of the population in need of health aid . Vulnerable groups continue to bear the brunt of the crisis. Such groups include...
Yemen launches a Pandemic Fund project to protect the most vulnerable communities from epidemic disease threats
2 April 2024, Aden, Yemen – To better protect one of the most vulnerable populations in the world from pandemic threats, Yemen has today launched the Pandemic Preparedness and Response Project (PPRP). The virtual launch event was complemented by satellite in-person events in Aden, Republic of Yemen; Amman, Jordan; and Washington, D.C., United...
Children of Yemen caught up in agony of displacement and malnutrition
1 April 2024 – A couple of years back, a house full of life and warmth dissolved into ruins amid the conflict that was ongoing in Al Hudaydah governorate. With a heavy heart, Maisa describes the loss of her home to war: “I was once above the sky to finally have a home of my own with my little family, and now what we once had as our home turned into...
More than 1.29 million children in Yemen protected from polio after door-to-door immunization campaign
5 March 2024, Aden, Yemen– In just 4 days, a polio immunization campaign in Yemen has reached more than 1.29 million children aged under 5 years. Overall, the campaign achieved 101% coverage, with a range of 89% to over 100%. Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population collaborated with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World...
Polio immunization campaign to protect 1.3 million children in 12 governorates of Yemen
25 February 2024, Aden, Yemen – Around 1.3 million children aged under 5 years will be protected against polio in a vaccination campaign launched today with the support of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The Ministry of Public Health and Population aims to...
