Highlights
UNICEF, WHO and GAVI launched an integrated health and nutrition campaign across all 23 governorates in Yemen targeting over 1.5 million children under the age of 5 with vaccination, nutrition services, deworming, antenatal care services, postnatal care services, vitamin A supplementation and provision of micronutrient supplements. A total of 2,080 mobile teams with over 7,200 health workers and supervisors are involved in the campaign.
Over the last week, more than 21,000 children were screened for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in the governorates of Sana’a, Hodeidah, Aden, Taiz, Sada’a and Hajjah. Nearly 1,000 SAM children were admitted to feeding programmes in Aden, Lahj, Abyan, Taiz, Ibb, Sana’a, Amran, Marib, Albaydha, Hodeidah, Rayma, Hajjah, Mahweet and Al Jawf governorates.
During the reporting period, UNICEF continued to provide fuel to local water corporations in Hajja, Sana’a, and Sa’ada Governorates with 1,105,000 people being reached with safe water. Hygiene kits were distributed to around 17,750 people in Al Dhale, Al Jawf, Ibb, Lahj, Marib, Sana'a and Hadramaut Governorates.
Over 419,000 children in grades 9 and 12 (67 per cent of eligible students) were able to sit for their exams in 15 governorates, including more than 23,000 children belonging to displaced families.
A second round of exams is likely to be conducted in Sana’a City, Taiz, Ibb and Hodeidah for students who missed the exams due to the security situation in those governorates.Almost 11,000 children from conflict-affected populations received psychosocial support through child friendly spaces over the last week. Mine risk education sessions were held in Amran and Hodeidah Governorates and attended by more than 5,700 children and over 9,300 adults