Conflict, protracted displacement, disease and deprivation continues to inflict suffering on the country’s population as the crisis in Yemen enters another year.

Disruption to commercial imports, inflation, lack of salary payments to civil servants and rising prices of basic commodities are exacerbating people’s vulnerability. Only half of health facilities are fully functioning. Needs have intensified across all sectors.

Millions of Yemenis are hungrier, sicker and more vulnerable now than they were a year ago.

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Fear and exhaustion shadow Venezuelan women on the long trek to Peru

28 February 2019
“We have been traveling for a week without being able to sleep, take a shower or eat well. I get tired easily, and have vomiting and headaches," said Mariana, who is five months pregnant. © UNFPA Peru
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Dreams without borders: Britney's journey from Venezuela

February 28, 2019

“I have been told that it was too dangerous to travel alone, but I did it for my family’s and my own well-being,” said Britney, 18, part of a mass exodus of people leaving Venezuela in search of a better future. UNFPA is supporting her and other women with services at the CEBAF centre. See more about her journey here.

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118-truck convoy delivers urgent aid to stranded residents in Rukban, Syria

16 February 2019
UNFPA brought critical reproductive health supplies to resident of the settlement, where conditions are dire. © UN in Syria
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In world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the miracle of a safe birth

21 February 2019
A midwife cares for Mohsina's unexpected twins at Jardan Hospital. ©FMF
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Surviving Ebola: “I was so afraid to die and be put in a body bag”

18 February 2019
Jémima Masika was infected with Ebola and survived. © UNFPA DRC/Brigitte Kiaku
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