Over 2.25 million cases of children aged 0 to 59 months, and more than a million cases of pregnant and lactating women, are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in the course of 2021 in Yemen. Out of the 35 zones included in the IPC Acute Malnutrition (IPC AMN) current analysis, two zones were classified in Critical (IPC AMN Phase 4), 26 in Serious (IPC AMN Phase 3) and the remaining seven zones in Alert (IPC AMN Phase 2) during the period of January – July 2020. The situation was projected to deteriorate further during the period of August – December 2020: the number of zones in IPC AMN Phase 4 was expected to increase to 13. An additional analysis of 22 zones in the north for which data is available shows that, during the period of January – March 2021, seven zones will be in Serious (IPC AMN Phase 3) and the remaining 15 zones will be in Critical (IPC AMN Phase 4). This additional projection analysis was only possible for the north since, according to the IPC protocols, projections can only be carried out up to 12 months from data collection. Download the brief here
KEY DRIVERS
Conflict remains the main driver of food insecurity and malnutrition in Yemen, and following a reduced intensity in 2019, hostilities and armed fighting have been flaring up again in 2020 and 2021, causing displacement, further exhaustion of coping capacities and limited access to basic services like health, nutrition and WASH. After over six years of conflict, the economy of the country is about to collapse. The exchange rate of the Yemeni rial to the US dollar in southern parts of the country exhibits historically low values. Further depreciation of the rial to YER 1,000/USD and beyond in southern areas is likely, because of diminished sources and reserves of foreign currency. This leads to accelerated increases in imported food commodity prices, manifest through increased costs of the minimum food basket.
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Immediate/short term recommendations and objectives in host and IDP communities
Medium to long term recommendations and objectives in host and IDP communities
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