WHO and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) will continue working together to sustain the health system in Yemen.
The latest agreement, funded at US $46 million, includes support to essential health services, COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts as well as nutrition, water and environmental sanitation services across the county.
In line with the COVID-19 response plan, KSRelief’s assistance will enable WHO to support health authorities in establishing additional isolation units designed to treat patients with severe or critical cases of the disease. Teams will be equipped with necessary resources, including medicines and ventilators.
The partnership will enable the provision of essential nutrition services in 90 therapeutic feeding centres, covering 222 high priority districts in Yemen's 22 governorates. It will provide treatment to 23 428 individuals and counselling to their caregivers. Of the 90 centres, 45 will be rehabilitated, and 13 will become operational to enhance treatment and expand therapeutic feeding services in priority districts.
This new generous contribution will enable timely support to Yemen in containing communicable diseases, including cholera and COVID-19, while preserving the delivery of essential health services.
Yemen remains the world's worst humanitarian disaster, and WHO's most complex operation. Some 24.3 million people – 80% of the population – now require humanitarian assistance or protection. Unprecedented funding shortages still threaten the sustainability of lifesaving programmes in the country, putting millions of lives at risk.
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