The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center is supporting a nutrition project for children under the age of five, pregnant women and nursing mothers in the Yemeni governorates of Aden, Lahij, Taiz, Hodeidah, Hadramout, Hajjah and Marib.

The project, which aims to provide therapeutic feeding, healthcare and counseling, has helped 61,584 people in August.

These services are part of Saudi Arabia’s efforts, through KSrelief, to alleviate the suffering of Yemenis, especially children and nursing and pregnant mothers who suffer from malnutrition amid the current humanitarian crisis.

In August, Al-Jada Health Center outlets in Yemen’s Hajjah governorate provided treatment services for 11,566 people with the support of KSrelief.

There were 3,094 patients at the emergency department, 2,559 in the awareness and education department, 1,482 in internal medicine, 3,166 in the epidemiological department, 597 in reproductive health, and 598 in the surgery and dressings department.
Meanwhile, the project to enhance primary healthcare services and combat cases of malnutrition was launched in Marib governorate. It is being implemented in eight Yemeni governorates, with the support of KSrelief.

The project includes nine mobile clinics, employing 63 doctors and health workers, and targets more than 200,000 beneficiaries from the residents and the displaced in Marib.

The services provided by the project include conducting a medical examination, providing primary healthcare to beneficiaries, dispensing free medicines and referring patients with special cases to government hospitals to complete treatment, among others.
This eight-month project aims to strengthen primary healthcare and combat malnutrition in children and mothers in eight Yemeni governorates, targeting more than 2,400,000 beneficiaries, with the participation of 432 doctors and health workers.

KSrelief also distributed more than 26 tons of food baskets in Hadramout governorate, benefiting 1,500 people. This is part of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to enhance food security in Yemeni governorates and cities.