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Personnel d'ACF recevant des patients dans un centre de sante a Lahj Ahmed Waqqas Yasin Mahmoud

Press release

Yemen

Food security continues to deteriorate

Food insecurity has steadily increased in Yemen in recent months. In Al Khawkah, an area where the prevalence of malnutrition exceeds 30%, 1696 people had been treated for moderate to severe acute malnutrition in the 4 health centers supported by Action Against Hunger from April to July 2024, which represents an increase of 64% compared to the same period last year” explains Anne Garella, Director of Operations for the Middle East at Action contre la Faim. “Yemen is experiencing an improvement in its security situation compared to the 2015/2021 period. Yet the malnutrition rates we are seeing on the west coast are now worse than those seen during the conflict period, before 2021,” she adds.

The economic downturn, characterized by currency depreciation and rising food prices, combined with irregular humanitarian food aid, continues to result in high levels of acute food insecurity. In addition, more cyclical factors have affected food security in the country. 

Torrential rains in August 2024 caused flooding that devastated homes, disrupted agricultural activities, led to losses of livestock and farmland, and displaced around 400,000 people, mainly in parts of Marib, Al Hodeidah, Taiz and Ad Dhali,” explains Anne Garella. “In addition, the upsurge in hostilities in the Red Sea and on Yemeni territory following Israel’s war in the occupied Palestinian territories is a destabilizing factor as it is likely to further limit people’s access to livelihoods.”  

But the capacity of humanitarian organizations in Yemen is limited by funding at half-mast. Only 44% of the humanitarian appeal was funded in 2024, while some donors have redirected their funding from the north to the south of the country despite a worrying humanitarian situation in the north. “Humanitarian aid must not be politicized, and should be channeled to where it is most urgently needed,” concludes Anne Garella.

After a decade of conflict, more than 18 million people – half the population – need humanitarian aid to survive, and 17 million people are food insecure, according to the United Nations. In Yemen, Action Against Hunger supports the rehabilitation of sanitary infrastructures and access to drinking water and hygiene, provides psychological and psychosocial support to people affected by violence and abuse, supports health centers in areas most affected by malnutrition, and works to strengthen the capacity of households to generate income and access food on the markets.

 

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