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UNICEF Yemen Humanitarian Situation Report (September 2018)
Highlights
- The Yemeni Rial continues its depreciation against the US Dollar, causing prices of food and fuel to sharply rise. The decline in the currency will further weaken already destitute Yemenis and worsen livelihoods and current…
Yemen Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (September 2018)
INTRODUCTION
The Yemen Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) was launched by REACH in collaboration with the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster and the Cash and Market Working Group (CMWG) to support humanitarian actors…
UNHCR cash provides lifeline for Yemeni war displaced
Distribution of US$33 million so far this year is helping 150,000 people pay for food, shelter and medicine.
By UNHCR staff | 26 October 2018
SANA’A, Yemen – Hassan Naser was uprooted by war from his home in Aden three years ago and…
Outbreak update – Cholera in Yemen, 25 October 2018
25 October 2018 - The Ministry of Public Health and Population of Yemen has reported 13403 suspected cases and 26 associated deaths during epidemiological week 40 (1–7 October) in 2018. 11% are severe cases. The cumulative total number of…
UNFPA Response in Yemen: Monthly Situation Report #9 – September 2018
Highlights
Yemen remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Marked economic deterioration, symptomized by the depreciation of the Yemeni Rial by some 30 per cent was witnessed between August and September 2018, compounded by the…
Yemen Humanitarian Update Covering 7 October – 21 October 2018 | Issue 30
KEY ISSUES:
• Up to 14 million people at risk of severe food insecurity
• Civilians bear the brunt of the conflict; Al Hudaydah Governorate records 78 civilian casualties in just one week
• Suspected cases of cholera increase…
Advocacy Brief: The cost of the Currency Depreciation on the Yemeni Population
Cost of food nearly doubles putting thousands of lives at risk in Yemen
Failing economy is as big a threat to children as bombs and bullets, warns Save the Children
SANAA, October 25 – A failing economy and collapsing currency can be…
Yemen Food Security Alert: October 24, 2018
Yemen faces the largest food security emergency in the world and the worsening humanitarian outlook requires urgent action to reduce the likelihood of significant loss of life. More than 15 million people require emergency food assistance…
Delivering Social Protection in the Midst of Conflict and Crisis: The Case of Yemen
1. Executive Summary
During times of conflict, meeting humanitarian needs is crucial for saving lives; but the development community is increasingly realizing that protecting human and social capital is just as important, and is vital…
Critical UNHCR aid reaches over 150,000 displaced Yemenis
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Amid rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Yemen,…