UNICEF Yemen Humanitarian Situation Report (February 2019)

Highlights

• The Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) was released on 19 February, in advance of the High-Level Pledging Conference in Geneva held on 26 February, setting out needs, targets and requirements in 2019. A total of US$4.2 billion in funding is needed to support the plan, which aims to provide humanitarian assistance to 24.1 million people in 2019.

• The Project Management Unit (PMU) successfully partnered with the Education Team to launch the first payment cycle of the Education Teacher Incentive (ETI) starting on 28 February, targeting 109,456 teachers and school staff across 11 governorates. The ETI aims to provide incentives to those teachers and school staff who have not received a salary in past two years, in an attempt to prevent children from leaving the school and in turn encourage learning.

• The UN Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting verified 60 incidents of grave child rights violations in the reporting period. Seven children were killed (six boys; one girl) and 17 injured (11 boys; six girls), with 37 per cent of incidents taking place in Hajjah governorate. Seventy-two cases of recruitment and use of children were verified, 62 per cent of which took place in Hajjah.

• UNICEF responded to a Measles outbreak in February with a nationwide, sixday Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign, reaching more than 11.8 million children under 15 years.

12.3 million # of children in need of humanitarian assistance (estimated)

24.1 million # of people in need (OCHA, 2019 Yemen Humanitarian Needs Overview)

1.71 million # of children internally displaced (IDPs)

4.7 million # of children in need of educational assistance

360,000 # of children under 5 suffering Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)

17.8 million # of people in need of WASH assistance

19.7 million # of people in need of basic health care

UNICEF Appeal 2019 US$ 536million

Funding Available US$ 197 million

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs

The recently released 2019 Yemen Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) indicates that four years into the crisis, conflict and severe economic decline are driving the country to the brink of famine and exacerbating needs in all sectors. Eighty per cent of the population, 24.1 million people, will need some form of humanitarian or protection assistance in 2019, including 14.3 million people in acute need and 12.3 million children. Two-thirds of all districts across the country are pre-famine and one-third face a convergence of multiple acute vulnerabilities.
The humanitarian response continues throughout the country, most notably in Al Hudaydah and Hajjah governorates following the escalation in violence over the last few months. UNICEF has been assisting the affected local and displaced population through the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM), water trucking and construction of emergency latrines.
Additional mobile teams are providing primary healthcare, nutrition screening services including infant and young child feeding counselling to pregnant and lactating mothers.
With the release of 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan, UNICEF has revised its 2019 Humanitarian Appeal for Children (HAC) accordingly with revised targeting and associated funding requirements.

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/unicef-yemen-humanitarian-situation-report-february-2019-enar