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Alarming rates of stunting threaten nearly half Yemen’s children
While global rates of stunting are decreasing globally, [1] the prolonged conflict and economic collapse in Yemen made it difficult for families to cope. Statistics [2] reveal that nearly half of Yemen’s children under 5 are chronically malnourished, with stunting rates stagnant over the past decade. Two-year-and ...
Flagship report
NOURISHING THE FUTURE
This is a report produced by UNICEF Yemen in March 2025 to address the nutrition crisis for vulnerable children in Yemen.The prolonged conflict in Yemen, economic crisis and collapse of health system is exposing more children to be vulnerable. Today, nearly half of Yemen’s children under the age of five are suffer...
Press release
Germany grants €19.8 million to UNICEF to address undernutrition through strengthening preventive nutrition initiatives in seven governorates in Yemen
24 March 2025, Sana’a, Yemen, — In a significant step toward addressing the critical nutrition crisis in Yemen, the German Federal Government through KfW Development Bank, recently contributed 19.8 million euros to UNICEF Yemen. This funding will bolster preventive nutrition interventions aimed at reducing acute and chronic undernutrition among vulnerable children and women…
Report
YEMEN NUTRITION CRISIS
This is a brief on the nutrition crisis Yemen is facing due to prolonged conflict, economic collapse, and health system breakdowns. The brief will be followed by a 20-page comprehensive report that will be published on March 25, one day before the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2025 that will take place in Pari...
Photo essay
Health and Hope
Residents of Azzitan village in Taiz face significant challenges in accessing healthcare due to rough terrain, long distances, and the harsh financial and living conditions exacerbated by nearly a decade of conflict. In response to these pressing needs, with funds from the World Bank, the UK Foreign Commonwealth a...
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Hope on Wheels
“Mothers and children are the foundation of any society. When they are healthy, the whole country is healthy,” says Khawla Ahmed Abdullah Al-Hilmani, a 29-year-old midwife who works in one of the mobile teams deployed in Yemen with the support of UNICEF. Malnutrition and disease outbreaks, civilian casualties, lac...
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Yemen's Malnutrition Crisis: A Growing Threat to Children's Lives
In many parts of Yemen, access to food, clean water, and healthcare remains critically inadequate as a result of the Yemen's ongoing conflict and economic crisis. This have fueled a devastating malnutrition crisis, with the highest rates globally. According to the latest IPC Acute Malnutrition Analysis, the number...
Press release
UNICEF Welcomes USD 1.5 Million Contribution from Kuwait Fund for Development to Support Vital Healthcare Services in Yemen
Sana’a, Yemen – 15 December 2024 – , The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has contributed USD1.5 million to UNICEF to sustain vital primary healthcare services in Yemen. This critical support will enhance UNICEF’s humanitarian initiatives, ensuring that essential health services reach vulnerable women, gi...
Statement
Yemen: the Ministry of Public Health and Population, GAVI, WHO and UNICEF launch an oral cholera vaccination campaign targeting 3.8 million people in 6 governorates
7 December 2024, Aden, Yemen –, The Ministry of Public Health and Population, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and with support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is launching a mass oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign. The initiative aims...
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Battling malnutrition in Yemen
At 12 months, Abdullah weighed only 4 kilograms and started recurrent diarrhea and vomiting with a fever. “I was running from one hospital to another as his condition did not improve. For nearly one month, I frantically took him to five different hospitals until he was finally referred to this clinic in Mokha. I w...
Press release
Yemen battling variant poliovirus outbreak amid humanitarian crisis
24 October 2024, Sana’a/Aden, Yemen , — Yemen continues to battle an outbreak of variant poliovirus, with 273 cases reported over the last three years amid a humanitarian crisis and declining vaccination rates, the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today. This World...
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Community members serving as role models to adopt better practices to promote health and save lives
Limited awareness and lack of basic public services in remote Yemeni villages and IDP camps force residents to adopt unsafe sanitation practices, jeopardizing their health. This includes the deeply entrenched habit of open defecation, which creates a significant public health risk and increases the potential for d...