Yemen: Yemeni health system crumbles as millions risk malnutrition and diseases
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Yemen23 February 2017, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen - “Hospital staff have not received their salaries for the past 5 months. There are acute shortages of certain...
View ArticleWorld: WHO’s work in emergencies - 2016: the year in review, December 2016
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, World, YemenOverview76...
View ArticleIraq: Recent contributions to WHO
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Iraq, Japan, Saudi Arabia, YemenGovernment of JapanThe Government of Japan has generously provided US$ 3 million to support the work of WHO in Iraq. This...
View ArticleYemen: WHO conducts cross line delivery of essential medicines and medical...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: YemenSana’a, 2 March 2017— A World Health Organization (WHO) truck carrying more than 8 tonnes of essential medicines and medical supplies has arrived safely...
View ArticleYemen: WHO airlifts cholera and tuberculosis medical supplies to Yemen
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Yemen2 March 2017, Sana’a – A plane carrying 8 metric tonnes of cholera kits and tuberculosis medicines provided by WHO and the Global Fund has landed in the...
View ArticleYemen: Workshop to review cholera response concludes in Sana’a
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Yemen2 March 2017, Sana’a, Yemen — A consultative workshop on acute watery diarrhoea (AWD)/cholera response concluded today in Sana’a with the participation of...
View ArticleYemen: Weekly update: Cholera cases in Yemen, 7 March 2017
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Yemen7 March 2017 – The Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen released additional figures for the ongoing outbreak of cholera. Since the last...
View ArticleYemen: Kidney patients struggle as Yemeni health crisis worsens
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Yemen9 March 2017 – “I feel anxious every time I come here as I don’t know if I will able to get my treatment,” says 37-year-old Salim Ali, a renal failure...
View ArticleYemen: Weekly update: Cholera cases in Yemen, 21 March 2017
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Yemen21 March 2017 – The Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen has released updated figures for the ongoing outbreak of cholera. During the week of...
View ArticleYemen: March 28 – Health situation in Yemen
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: YemenMarch 28 – Health situation in YemenAlmost 18.8 million people are in need of humanitarian aid and 14.8 million people have no access to health care...
View ArticleYemen: Displaced people in Ibb governorate afflicted by severe poverty and...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: YemenZafaran, a displaced woman from Taiz City, has been forced to sell the only mat in her cramped room to pay to refill a small cooking gas cylinder. For...
View ArticleYemen: Nationwide immunization campaign protects 5 million children against...
Source: World Bank, World Health Organization, UN Children's FundCountry: YemenSupport from the World Bank, WHO and UNICEF critical to reach every vulnerable childSANA’A, 8 April 2017— In an effort to...
View ArticleYemen: Yemen Conflict - Donor Update (April 2017)
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: YemenImpending famine, ongoing fighting and a failing health system leave millions at risk in YemenMore than two years into the crisis in Yemen, the...
View ArticleYemen: WHO Director-General’s statement to high-level pledging event for the...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: YemenStatement25 APRIL 2017 | GENEVA - Nearly 19 million people in Yemen are in desperate need of assistance. This is a country that has been battered by...
View ArticleYemen: WHO Director-General's statement to high-level pledging event for the...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: YemenStatement25 APRIL 2017 | GENEVA - Nearly 19 million people in Yemen are in desperate need of assistance. This is a country that has been battered by...
View ArticleYemen: Yemen: Acute Watery Diarrhea / Cholera Outbreak - Situation Report (27...
Source: World Health Organization, UN Children's Fund, WASH Cluster, Health ClusterCountry: YemenSituation overviewSince 27 April 2017, a second wave of /acute watery diarrhea (AWD)/ cholera outbreak...
View ArticleYemen: WHO responds to resurgent cholera in Yemen
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Yemen11 May 2017, Sana’a, Yemen — The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are responding to an upsurge in cholera transmission in several parts of...
View ArticleWorld: Ten years in public health 2007-2017
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Brazil, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, World, YemenBy Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO13 APRIL 2017 - Today we begin...
View ArticleYemen: Yemen: Acute Watery Diarrhea / Cholera Outbreak - Situation Report #1...
Source: World Health Organization, UN Children's Fund, WASH Cluster, Health ClusterCountry: YemenSituation overviewSince 27 April 2017, a second wave of /acute watery diarrhea (AWD)/ cholera outbreak...
View ArticleYemen: Yemen: Acute Watery Diarrhea / Cholera Outbreak - Situation Report #2...
Source: World Health Organization, UN Children's Fund, WASH Cluster, Health ClusterCountry: YemenSituation Overview • The number of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD)/ suspected cholera cases has increased...
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