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27 September 2012 - 2:35pmOne million Yemeni children are acutely malnourished. Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by conflict are living in temporary shelters and public buildings. The political crisis and armed conflict have led to a breakdown in public services, leaving more than 5 million people without access to basic... -
7 September 2012 - 5:38pmUnited Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners today increased their appeal for Syria—from US$180 million to $347 million—to scale up their response to a deepening crisis affecting an estimated 2.5 million people. “The number one priority for the people inside Syria at the... -
6 July 2012 - 3:34pmHumanitarian needs continue to rise in Afghanistan as conflict and recurrent natural disasters affect millions of Afghans and cause civilian casualties and displacement every year. So far in 2012, about 300 natural disasters have affected more than 200,000 people. The planned withdrawal of the... -
17 April 2012 - 3:24pmDeputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Catherine Bragg today called on the international community to help millions of people in Yemen facing a worsening humanitarian crisis, as she ended a two-day visit to Sana’a. The World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have... -
27 March 2012 - 9:59pmThe UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated almost US$5 million to support a national immunization campaign to protect 7.9 million Yemeni children under age 10 from a deadly measles outbreak. Measles has re-emerged in epidemic proportions in Yemen, claiming the lives of more than 155...
