Highlights:
4.5 million children under 5 received oral polio vaccine and vitamin A supplementation in a nationwide campaign that took place at the end of January.
28.8% of the population in conflict affected areas of Abyan Governorate is chronically malnourished and 16.1% acutely malnourished according to preliminary findings from the nutrition SMART survey. The southern governorate has recently emerged from a two-year armed conflict.
16,000 boys and girls were able to attend their mid-year exams in their home towns in Zinjibar and Ja’ar Districts of Abyan Governorate, South Yemen, following the rehabilitation of their schools.
10,329 IDPs and host community families received consumable hygiene kits in Aden (South Yemen), Haradh and Sa’ada (in the north) accompanied with nutrition interventions.