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WHO & KSRelief Join Forces to support COVID-19 Preparedness & Response in Yemen

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Faizel Patel – 28/01/2021

(Twitter: @FaizelPatel143)

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) have joined forces in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen through a new project to support COVID-19 preparedness and response.

Funded at US$ 13 million, the project is part of a broader US$ 46 million agreement between the two organizations, signed in September 2020, that also includes  three other projects on nutrition, water and environmental sanitation services, and delivery of essential health services.

Under this new award, WHO will work with the Ministry of Public Health and Population to enable rapid detection and response to COVID-19 cases and clusters, including through an integrated, multi-sectoral coordination system at central and governorate levels and support to emergency operation centres (EOC) across the country.

Twenty-six main entry points to Yemen will be equipped to enable rapid COVID-19 detection.

Additional support will be provided to 1,991 sentinel sites reporting through the Electronic Integrated Disease Early Warning System (EIDEWS) which collects information on epidemic-prone diseases to trigger prompt public health interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality through early detection and rapid response to disease outbreaks, including COVID-19.

The joint project will also enhance the testing capacity of central public health laboratories (CPHL) throughout the country and support the prevention of COVID-19 transmission in health and non-health settings. Multifaceted support to health facilities will improve their capacity to receive COVD-19 patients by providing medical supplies & equipment and case management training for health workers.

WHO Representative in Yemen Dr Adham Ismail says the new contribution from KSRelief and WHO will be able to provide comprehensive support to the national Covid-19 response.

“It is particularity timely as WHO and health partners are preparing for a potential new spike in infections.”

KSRelief has been the main funding partner of WHO Yemen in 2019–2020.

Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and the WHO’s most complex operation. Some 24.3 million people – 80% of the population – needed humanitarian assistance or protection in 2020.

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