Yemen: Monthly Situation Report No. 3 (June 2018)
Highlights:
- Daily Nutritional Services in Fara AlUdayn District.
- Daily Nutritional Services in Mudhiakhera District.
- CHVs Basic Training in Mudhiakhera District.
- Daily Health Services in Fara AlUdayn District.
- Daily Health Services in Mudhiakhera District.
- UNOCHA & WFP Observation.
- Emergency Water Supply.
- Study on the Rehabilitation of Al-Hasha Well.
- Hygiene Awareness – Raising.
- WASH Basic Services in Fara AlUdayn District.
- Rehabilitation of Najid Aljumaeii HC.
- Daily Nutritional Services in Ash Shamayatayn District.
- Third Distribution Cycle of Food Baskets in Ash Shamayatan District.
- Second PDM Survey in Ash Shamayatayn & Mawiyah Districts.
- Third Distribution Cycle of Food Baskets in Mawiyah District.
- First Distribution Cycle of Food Assistance Vouchers in Shara’b Ar Rawnah District.
- WASH Basic Services in Ash Shamayatayn district.
Humanitarian Context
Humanitarian partners are doing everything possible to assist people in need and prepare for all possible scenarios. Over the last several weeks, agencies have procured and pre-positioned additional supplies, aiming to deliver 70,000 rapid response kits mainly to local warehouses in Al Hudaydah Governorate and adjacent districts of neighbouring governorates. Those kits include immediate food rations, hygiene supplies and dignity kits.
Fighting has reportedly de-escalated in Taizz Governorate, except in Maqbanah District where it has continued unabated. However, no improvement in humanitarian access has been noted. A new field hospital funded by Turkey has been inaugurated in At Turbah District in Taizz Governorate. The hospital has a 50-bed capacity, an intensive care unit, two operations rooms and is equipped with x-rays machine and a laboratory. The new hospital is expected to relieve the pressure on the public and private hospitals in Ash Shamayatayn District which is hosting a significant number of IDPs. In Ibb Governorate, IOM provided the medical supplies for 3,000 renal dialysis sessions to Al-Thawrah Hospital to cover the needs of about 180 kidney failure patients for an estimated period of two months. Displacement from active conflict areas in Hudaydah continues to occur to various locations within the Governorate. During the reporting period, local authorities reported that an estimated 2,587 newly displaced families have fled their homes to Hudaydah City, Bait Al Faqih, Al Hussynyah, At Tuhayat, Ad Durayhimi, Zabid, Al-Garrahi. However, only 625 households of these were verified. UNHCR distributed NFIs to 2068 IDPs from Midi District hosted in Bani Hassan in Abs District and are planning to provide Rental subsidies to support up to 1,500 IDP households in Hajjah city and 439 IDP families in Al Hudaydah city next week. Also, UNHCR is planning to distribute NFIs to 186 newly displaced families in At Tuhayat District.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that on 6 June, 46 migrants (37 men and nine women) drowned when their vessel capsized as it approached the coast of Yemen. Over 100 migrants, reportedly all Ethiopians, were thought to be on the vessel that had left the port of Bossaso in Somalia on 5 June. IOM provided medical assistance, health, food and psychosocial support to the survivors while the ICRC and the Yemen Red Crescent made arrangements for the burial of the deceased.
As of 3 June 2018, a cumulative total of 1,850 suspected diphtheria cases have been reported including 98 associated deaths. The outbreak has affected 202 districts across 20 governorates with Ibb and Sana’a being the most affected. Children under 5 years represent 20 per cent of suspected diphtheria cases and 37 per cent of associated deaths. The most affected age group is 5 to15 years old, representing 44 per cent of all cases. A diphtheria vaccination campaign was launched in Sa’ada, covering only 34 per cent as too many people refused the vaccinations.
