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KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
• After a six-month pause of assistance, WFP conducted a one-off food distribution in eight districts in Hajjah and Al Hodeidah during May. To assess the impact of this one-off distribution, WFP interviewed a panel sample of 219 households during the pause, and after receiving the food assistance.
• In these eight districts, the share of assisted households suffering from severe food deprivation (poor food consumption) dropped from 41 percent in February, to 22 percent in May 2024 immediately after the one-off food distribution.
• Conversely, poor food consumption soared in the rest of the non-assisted districts of Hajjah and Hodeidah, as 49 percent of the households reported severe food deprivation during May, compared to 41 percent in February (baseline period).
• Additionally, the prevalence of severe levels of hunger in the assisted districts decreased from 12 percent in February to 4 percent in May. The reliance on severe food-based coping strategies (rCSI>19) also decreased, from 62 percent to 58 percent, respectively.