This project represents a critical opportunity to decrease the disease burden among vulnerable Yemenis, particularly children.
Funding from the World Bank’s IDA is channeled through the UN’s Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization into the Emergency Health and Nutrition Project to support about 1,970 primary health care facilities and 72 hospitals across Yemen.
The World Bank approved US$400 million in grants for Yemen to address rising rates of malnutrition and to contribute towards maintaining basic health, water and sanitation services. The Board of Directors also discussed new engagement strategy for Yemen.
The World Bank has worked tirelessly with UNICEF and WHO to ensure a timely response to the prevailing cholera outbreak. The IDA funded grant provided improved water services in cholera-affected areas to 1.6 million people.
A conflict-linked cholera epidemic has caused 900,000 suspected infection cases in Yemen, 35% of them among children while nearly 400,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition.
New emergency grant to support health, water and sanitation services to boost treatment of cholera and prevent future outbreaks in Yemen. Kristalina Georgieva World Bank CEO Chief Executive Officer IDA IBRD WB
The project will contribute to the provision of basic health and essential nutrition, water and sanitation services for the benefit of the population of the Republic of Yemen.
In response to rising food insecurity in Yemen, the World Bank will finance cash transfers to 1.5 million of the poorest households (or about 8 million people), to ensure they have the means to purchase food.
The project objective is to contribute to the provision of basic health and essential nutrition services for the benefit of the population of the Republic of Yemen.
The World Bank has managed to leverage its longstanding partnership with two Yemeni institutions to support the most vulnerable despite the conflict, and now expanding its programs to reach the entire country.
من خلال المشروع الطارئ للصحة والتغذية، ساهم كُل من البنك الدولي واليونيسف ومنظمة الصحة العالمية في جعل الرعاية الصحية في متناول الملايين بما يسهم في تحسين وتعزيز رأس المال البشري للمستقبل - مستقبل اليمن.
Through the Emergency Health and Nutrition Project, the World Bank, UNICEF, and WHO have made health care accessible for millions.
In Yemen, the Human Capital gap is widening. In 2019, The number of people in acute need raised by 27% compared with the year before. 19.7 million people desperately require access to healthcare while nearly half of the health facilities are not functioning.
The program is helping to revive Yemen's economy through large “Cash4Work” projects and supporting small businesses.