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WHO, IOM raise concern over COVID-19 discrimination against migrants in Yemen
Cairo, 10 May 2020 – COVID-19’s presence in Yemen was officially confirmed on 10 April. Nearly a month later, Sana’a city’s first case was announced, that of a Somali refugee. Migrants in the country are being stigmatized as “transmitters…
Yemen: Health Cluster Bulletin, March 2020
HIGHLIGHTS
A total of 2,512 Health Facilities (16 Governorate Hospitals, 119 District Hospitals, 51 General Hospitals, 18 Specialized Hospitals, 690 Health Centers and 1,618 Health Units) are being supported by Health Cluster Partners.…
Yemen Situation Report, 6 May 2020
HIGHLIGHTS (12 Apr 2020)
Resources needed to sustain world’s largest aid operation in 2020
The food insecurity situation continues to deteriorate
Aid continues to reach conflict-displaced persons in Marib and Al Jawf…
COVID-19 strikes Yemen as humanitarian funding dries up
SANA’A, Yemen – On 10 April, Yemen announced its first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19. Since then, 34 more cases and 7 deaths have been reported. Health workers, already stretched to the limit by five years of grinding conflict, are…
Yemen COVID-19 Joint Market Monitoring Initiative, Dates of data collection: 25 – 30 April…
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…
Yemen – Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #7, Fiscal Year (FY) 2020
HIGHLIGHTS
UN analysis highlights worsening humanitarian operating environment in Yemen in 2019
Health officials report 35 confirmed COVID-19 cases and seven related deaths
Relief actors raise concerns regarding the economic…
Yemen Humanitarian Update Issue 4 (April 2020)
HIGHLIGHTS
Aid agencies ramp up efforts to contain COVID-19, as UN warns of possible surge in cases
Humanitarians respond to widespread devastation caused by torrential rains and flooding
Over 5 million children face the threat…
Urgent funding needed to protect health and safety of women and girls in Yemen amidst COVID-19…
NEW YORK, USA, 6 May 2020 - More than 48,000 women could die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in Yemen, the world's worst humanitarian crisis, due to severe funding shortages and the possible closure of reproductive health…
Republic of Yemen: Shelter/NFIs Fact Sheet, March 2020
KEY DATES
Series of Conflicts – 2004 - 2010
Establishment of Sector - August 2009
Activation of merged Shelter and CCCM Cluster – March 2010
UN refers to a conflict since 2015 in Yemen - March 2015
No-camp policy adopted - June 2015…
Yemen – COVID-19 (DG ECHO, UN, Johns Hopkins University, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 May…
COVID-19 is spreading further in Yemen. On 5 May, 22 cases were formally notified by the UN. However, the Johns Hopkins University database reported a total of 3 deaths so far.
In the north, the Minister of Health announced a first…