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Yemen - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #8, Fiscal Year (FY) 2024

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SITUATION AT A GLANCE

35.2 MILLION Population of Yemen UN – January 2024

18.2 MILLION Number of People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance UN – January 2024

4.5 MILLION Number of IDPs in Yemen IOM– January 2024

17.6 MILLION People Likely to Experience Severe Food Insecurity in 2024 UN – January 2024

71, 658 Number of refugees and Asylum Seekers in Yemen UNHCR – October 2023

  • Airstrikes damaged Yemen’s Al Hudaydah port, a vital conduit for humanitarian assistance and commercial goods in Yemen, according to the UN.

  • Al Houthi authorities have detained at least 24 humanitarian staff since early June, according to the UN.

  • WFP conducted a one-off food distribution targeting approximately 664,000 people in eight districts in northern Yemen in May, resulting in positive food security and nutrition outcomes.

  • The RoYG MoPHP , with support from UNICEF and WHO, reached an estimated 1.3 million children ages five years and younger with the oral polio vaccine between July 15 and 18.