Yemen

  • 18.2 million people in Yemen require humanitarian aid, including 9.8 million children

  • 50% of health facilities are non-functional or partially functional

  • 2.7 million children are suffering from acute malnutrition

  • 4.3 million people displaced since the conflict began

What is happening in Yemen?

Yemen remains one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises, with over a decade of conflict devastating the nation's economy, infrastructure, and public services. As of 2025, more than half of the population—approximately 18.2 million people, including 9.8 million children—require urgent humanitarian assistance. ​

The ongoing conflict has led to the displacement of over 4.3 million people since 2015. The collapse of the Yemeni rial has further exacerbated poverty, making basic necessities like food and healthcare unaffordable for many.​

What is the health situation?

Yemen's healthcare system is on the brink of collapse. Only about 50% of health facilities are fully functional, with the remainder partially operational or entirely out of service due to shortages of staff, funds, electricity, or medicines.​

The country faces multiple concurrent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, including cholera, measles, diphtheria, dengue, and polio. Low immunisation coverage, mass displacement, and disrupted water and sanitation networks have accelerated these outbreaks. In response, a mass oral cholera vaccination campaign targeting 3.8 million people across six governorates was launched in December 2024.

Malnutrition rates have reached critical levels. As of early 2025, approximately 2.7 million children are acutely malnourished, with 49% of children under five suffering from stunting or chronic malnutrition. In the western coastal areas, malnutrition rates have soared to 33%, prompting warnings of an impending catastrophe. ​Pregnant and lactating women are also severely affected, with around 1.4 million experiencing acute malnutrition. The situation is exacerbated by aid cuts and poor food distribution, leaving more than half the population dependent on humanitarian aid.

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£5 can help us to give 15 people treatment

£20 will provide 16 children with antibiotics

£100 will provide 83 pregnant women with life saving medicine.

£450 will provide am emergency medical kit to 60 families.

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£5 is enough to source and send £600 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 50 people around the world.

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£25 is enough to provide around 750 treatments in a year, helping approximately 250 people in need; and for some, is the difference between life & death.

£100 is enough to provide medicines and supplies for approximately 1,000 people a year living in disaster-hit and vulnerable communites.

Whatever you give, you could be making a life-changing, even life-saving difference to someone every month.

What is IHP doing to help?

International Health Partners collaborates with in-country partners to deliver essential medical aid to Yemen. We ship medicines and health supplies to equip local health facilities, address child and maternal malnutrition, and ensure that pharmacy shelves are stocked with necessary medicines distributed free of charge.​

Our efforts aim to bolster the resilience of Yemen's healthcare system and provide lifesaving support to those in dire need.

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