UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Published purpose

October 2015 – Since the escalation of the conflict in March 2015, the humanitarian situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate. More than 13 million people depend on food assistance for their survival; of these, 6 million have reached emergency levels of food insecurity and require immediate assistance. There are currently 1.3 million children suffering from malnutrition, compared to 690,000 children before the deterioration of the crisis. With the support of DFATD and other donors, UNICEF is providing urgent life-saving, preventative and therapeutic nutrition services to malnourished girls and boys as well as to pregnant and lactating women in the governorates of Aden, Lahj, Shabwa, Al Dhale and Abyan. Activities will include: (1) treating 20,000 severely malnourished children; (2) providing food supplements to 3,000 pregnant and lactating women; (3) providing preventive treatment to 41,250 children; and, (4) training 400 health workers on management of acute malnutrition and 800 community health volunteers on screening and referral of malnourished children for treatment.