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UN allocates $10 million from CERF to address Yemen food insecurity and malnutrition
Summary
The deputy emergency relief coordinator allocated $10,000,000 from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund to scale treatment for acute malnutrition and critical health, water and sanitation services in Yemen, where millions face acute food insecurity, according to the briefing.
The United Nations said the deputy emergency relief coordinator, Indrekha Ratwate, has allocated $10 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to respond to deepening food insecurity in Yemen and to scale emergency treatment for acute malnutrition among children and pregnant and lactating women.
Farhan said the new funds will allow UN agencies and partners to rapidly expand critical health, water and sanitation services and nutrition treatment. The briefing cited that more than 18,000,000 people — described as over half the population — are facing acute food insecurity, with more than 5,500,000 feared to be in emergency (IPC Phase 4) conditions based on the latest available data.
