WHO raises its immediate funding need for Yemen from $9 million to $31 million
15 October 2026
The World Health Organization said on 7 October 2026 that significantly more resources are required to scale up its response in Yemen amid escalating conflict.
WHO's immediate funding requirements have increased from $9 million to $31 million, with an additional $700,000 needed to support refugees in Djibouti.
Fighting has mainly occurred on the coast in Lahj governorate near the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait, in neighbouring Taiz governorate and in Marib governorate in northern Yemen.
As of 2 October there were 959 reported deaths and 4,207 injuries across 10 governorates, according to the Yemeni health authorities.
Trauma stabilization points on the Lahj coast and in Al-Dhale have no partners to operate them, and emergency maternity services have been suspended in Marib and Ras Al-Arah.
Of the nearly 198,000 people uprooted, less than one per cent had received health services as of the previous week.
Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain, WHO Representative in Yemen, said the situation is evolving into a complex emergency.
In plain words
Governorate Muhafazah — The first-level administrative division of Yemen, comparable to a province.
Complex emergency Complex humanitarian emergency — A crisis in which conflict, displacement and disease outbreaks overlap and strain the response.