Health update
Exchange rate in southern governorates reaches all-time low
CERF funding boosts COVID-19 response and underfunded health programmes
Fuel crisis increases food prices and continues to restrict the aid operation
Health update
Exchange rate in southern governorates reaches all-time low
CERF funding boosts COVID-19 response and underfunded health programmes
Lack of funding cripples the aid operation
Fifteen of 41 major United Nations humanitarian programmes in hard-hit Yemen have already been reduced or shut down and 30 more will be affected in coming weeks unless additional funding is received.
“It’s an impossible situation,” said Lise Grande, Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, in a statement on 23 September. “This is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world yet we don’t have the resources we need to save the people who are suffering and will die if we don’t help. The consequences of under-funding are immediate, enormous and devastating,” she
DUBAI: Millions of Yemenis will receive essential healthcare this year thanks to a new initiative taken by the World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief).
The $20.5 million program, which will support the delivery of essential health services, is part of a broader $46 million deal between the two agencies covering projects on COVID-19 preparedness and response, nutrition, water and environmental sanitation services.
“Thanks to this new generous contribution from KSrelief, this initiative will contribute to providing essential health services to the Yemeni population while working with relevant stakeholders on rebuilding the health system in Yemen,” Adham Ismail, the WHO’s representative in Yemen, told Arab News.
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A new WHO-KSRelief partnership to support the delivery of essential health services in Yemen
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Cairo, 14 December 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) have started the implementation of a new project to support the delivery of essential health services in Yemen.
Funded at US$ 20.5 million, the project is part of a broader US$ 46 million agreement between the two organizations, signed in September 2020, that also included three other projects on COVID-19 preparedness and response, nutrition, and water and environmental sanitation services.
Under this new award, the Health Cluster will receive support for information management, the functionality of emergency operation centres and the operational costs of the cluster coordination offices, benefiting to up to 5.1 million people.
New WHO-KSRelief partnership to support delivery of essential health services in Yemen
WHO and KSRelief started the implementation of a new project; aiming at supporting the delivery of essential health services in Yemen.
Funded at $20.5mn, the project is part of a broader $46mn agreement between the two organizations, signed in September 2020, that also included three other projects, respectively on COVID-19 preparedness and response, nutrition, water and environmental sanitation services.
Under this new award, the Health Cluster will receive support for information management, the functionality of the emergency operation centers and operational costs of the cluster coordination offices, benefiting to up to 5.1mn people.