Years of conflict force 24 million people to rely on humanitarian aid
After years of conflict, economic downturn and shortfalls in humanitarian funding, Yemen now teeters on the brink of famine.
The humanitarian catastrophe in one of the world’s poorest countries has reached epic proportions, with a child dying every 10 minutes from preventable causes like diarrhoea, breathing infections and malnutrition.
19.7 million people
need basic healthcare
4.5 million people
have been displaced
18 million people
need water and sanitation facilities
2.3 million children under 5
are acutely malnourished