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'Stay Safe Mama' saves mothers and their newborns
Aisha, 27-year-old, was forced to flee her village in Hodeida four months ago. Now she lives in a shack located in the coastal area of Abyan in south Yemen. Aisha shares the shack with her brother... Read more
UNFPA expands emergency obstetric care services at Al Thawra Hospital in Hodeida
Sana’a, 28 November 2018 – United Nations Population Fund delivered life-saving reproductive health equipment and medicines to Hodeida city, leading to the opening an expanded maternity wing in Al... Read more
1,500 pregnant women at risk of death as main hospital in Hodeidah becomes inaccessible
By Dr. Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA’s Director for the Arab region Cairo, 14 November 2018 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund fears that among the 10,000 pregnant women caught in the fighting in... Read more
Looming famine threatens the lives of 2 million pregnant women in Yemen
SANA’A, Yemen – Four years into conflict, Yemen has become home to the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Over 22 million people are in need of immediate humanitarian assistance. Two thirds of... Read more
Yemen famine, the worst in recent history, manmade
Statement to the media: Yemen famine, the worst in recent history, manmade By Dr. Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA’s Director for the Arab region Cairo, 1 November 2018 – The famine looming over Yemen may be the... Read more
UNFPA rushes emergency supplies for cyclone-affected South-east Yemen
Sana’a, 15 October 2018 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund is dispatching emergency supplies to assist communities affected by Tropical Cyclone Luban that hit Socotra island and coastal... Read more
"I was not ready to lose my child"
ADEN, Yemen – Seventeen-year-old Samah was six months pregnant when her house in Hodeidah was bombed. “We ran with only the clothes we were wearing – there was no time even to get my abaya,” she... Read more
EU supports reproductive health and protection services for women and girls in Yemen
Sana’a, 19 September 2018 – The European Union has provided UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, with EUR 2 million to provide urgent life-saving reproductive health and protection services to... Read more
State of Kuwait helps to assist vulnerable women and girls in Yemen
Sana’a, 29 August 2018 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund welcomed the generous contribution of $1.75 million from the State of Kuwait to assist the most vulnerable women and girls affected... Read more
Increased assistance for vulnerable women and girls fleeing Hodeidah
Sana’a, 15 August 2018 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund welcomed the generous contribution of $4.2 million from the Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund to assist the most vulnerable women and... Read more