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WHO works to integrate Yemen’s nutrition data into national surveillance using DHIS2
National health and nutrition data focal points attend the workshop held at the WHO Hub, Amman, Jordan. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Yemen 15 July 2024 – Aden and Sana’a, Yemen – WHO is leading an initiative to strengthen the integration of Yemen’s health and nutrition information systems. A key partner in the National Information Technical Working...
Yemen begins sharing seasonal influenza viruses with WHO Collaborating Centre in London
Shipment process under way on 13 May 2024 at CPHL in Aden, Yemen. Photo credit: WHO/K. Mayas8 July 2024 – Influenza virus sharing is essential to prepare the world against pandemics. Virus sharing also enables the development of candidate vaccine viruses, surveillance for resistance to antiviral medicines, and revision of diagnostic reagents and...
WHO and KSrelief sign US$ 9.5 million agreement to support Yemen’s health system
29 May 2024, Aden, Yemen – Nearly US$ 9.5 million in funding has been secured for critical health projects in Yemen – a pivotal step in strengthening the country’s health system. WHO signed the significant agreement with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) at the opening of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly in...
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...
