The situation in Yemen remains catastrophic. A record 22.2 million people need humanitarian assistance or protection – including 8.4 million people who are severely food insecure. People’s lives have continued unraveling.
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The Regional Situation Report for the Syria Crisis offers a bird’s eye view of UNFPA’s operations withing the context of the Syria crisis.
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Almost three years into the conflict, Yemen remains the largest man-made humanitarian crisis globally. A staggering 22.2 million people – some 75 per cent of the population – need humanitarian assistance, including 11.3 million people who urgently require immediate assistance to survive.
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The number of older people is growing fast in the Arab Region. According to the UN Population Division, the region’s population aged 60 and older (60+) is going to almost double in 15 years, increasing from 27 million in 2015 to 50 million in 2030, and by 2045, increasing to more than 80 million.
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Entering the third year of humanitarian crisis, conflict, severe economic decline, and collapsing essential public services have taken an enormous toll on the Yemeni population, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities.
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SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (FROM ALL CHANNELS)
419,707 reproductive health services delivered to Syrians
19,454 deliveries supported, including 8,746 C-section deliveries
83,178 family planning services
25,820 gender-based violence services provided to Syrians
20,356 women accessed women safe spaces
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On 1 December 2017, tensions between Houthi rebels and the General People’s Congress flared up , sparking fierce fighting in Sana’a city and other areas of Yemen leading to the assignation of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. At least 125 people have been killed and more than 230 people injured, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Clashes
have been reported from at least 16 different neighbourhoods in Sana’a city. Some of the fiercest fighting has been around the Diplomatic area near the UN compound and those of other humanitarian organizations. The UN downscaled its international staff presence in Sana’a and other targeted governorates as a result. The situation in Sana’a city, port of Hudaydah and
many part of the country remains tense, volatile and unpredictable.
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SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (FROM ALL CHANNELS) during November 2017
436,190 reproductive health services delivered to Syrians
21,578 deliveries supported, including 10,853 C-section deliveries
31,067 gender-based violence services provided to Syrians
22,463 women accessed women safe spaces
IN NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY THE CRISIS
34,191 reproductive health services delivered to Syrian refugees
2,434 beneficiaries received gender-based violence services
25,13 Syrian refugees accessed women safe spaces and participated in activities in camps and host communities
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Highlights of the Month:
On 6 November, ‘temporary’ closure of all of Yemen’s airports, seaports and land crossings took effect, disrupting the delivery of humanitarian assistance to 27 million people. UNFPA and all humanitarian actors called for the borders to be re-opened and flights to be resumed, stressing that continued closure will sharply aggravate humanitarian crisis in Yemen and bring millions of people in Yemen closer to starvation and death. Of particular concern was on the lives of 52,800 pregnant women who risk complications with immediate danger to their lives if they do not get urgent life-saving maternal care and medicines.
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The population in the Arab region is expected to nearly double and a half by 2050, increasing from 281 million people in 2000 to an almost staggering 659 million, so from 6.02 percent of the total population in 2000 to 15.2 percent by 2050. This is a 60 percent increase during the 35 years from 2015 till 2050.