Yemen - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #9, Fiscal Year (FY) 2022
SITUATION AT A GLANCE
31.9 MILLION Population of Yemen
UN HNO – April 2022
23.4 MILLION People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance
UN HNO – April 2022
4.3 MILLION People Internally Displaced in Yemen Since March 2015
UN HNO – April 2022
19 MILLION People in Acute Food Insecurity
IPC – March 2022
2.2 MILLION Children Likely to Experience Wasting
IPC – March 2022
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On July 16, President Biden announced $1 billion in additional funding for the humanitarian response in the Middle East and North Africa region, including $431 million to support humanitarian needs in Yemen.
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WFP plans to temporarily reduce food assistance rations for its estimated 13 million beneficiaries in Yemen due to funding shortfalls and rising food prices and operational costs. However, incoming USAID/BHA in-kind food commodities are expected to bolster rations until the end of the year.
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In late June, Al Houthi officials rejected a UN proposal to reopen roads in Yemen’s Ta’izz Governorate. Reopening the roads is crucial to civilian and humanitarian access.