The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved an International Development Association (IDA) grant amounting to US$150 million as a Second Additional Financing (AF2) for the Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project (EHCP).
The conflict in Yemen had greatly disrupted the delivery of health, water and sanitation services and the efforts of healthcare workers and water and sanitation institutions.
The conflict in Yemen had greatly disrupted the delivery of health, water and sanitation services and the efforts of healthcare workers and water and sanitation institutions to provide critical support to families for child nutrition and health, water and sanitation services, information and education on both, and the water-delivery and sanitation systems on which public health facilities and school depends.
The World Bank today approved US$150 million in grants to increase access to basic health, nutrition and water and sanitation services in Yemen.