HIGHLIGHTS • Inter-agency Abyan Response Plan requires US$87 million to assist 320,000 beneficiaries. But security is still fragile. • Landmines are a major challenge to IDP return to Abyan. Livelihoods of 200,000 people have been destroyed, and protection issues are expected to persist. •...
Yemen: Measles Outbreak - Mar 2012 Updates (Headlines)
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Yemen: UNICEF survey reveals access to improved water at 45%, adequate sanitation 27%
Highlights: · Sa’ada continued reporting measles cases; 170 in April and 101 up to 13 May. An outbreak of dengue-chikungunya fever was reported in Lahj, Hajjah and Hodeidah governorates, with 887 suspected cases. · Findings from a UNICEF and Dutch Government supported nationwide WASH survey...
Yemen: Almost one million children suffer from acute malnutrition
HIGHLIGHTS: · 967,000 children under the age of five are estimated to suffer from acute malnutrition, with 267,000 children at risk of dying without proper nutrition interventions. · A huge outbreak of measles is now under control, reports WHO. · 13 children were killed and another 12 injured by...
Yemen: Over 10 million food insecure; 95,000 new IDPs; humanitarian response plan only 20 per cent funded
Highlights •Newly displaced populations and host communities in the north and south of Yemen need immediate life-saving assistance. • The security situation for international staff working in Yemen continues to be a major challenge. •The many incidents of measles in Yemen have made parents...
Yemen: CERF allocates almost US$5 million to immunize 7.9 million children under age 10 from deadly measles outbreak
The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated almost US$5 million to support a national immunization campaign to protect 7.9 million Yemeni children under age 10 from a deadly measles outbreak. Read the full article on OCHA's website