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Public and private sectors join forces to deliver lifesaving COVID-19 supplies in Yemen
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 19 - 06 - 2020

Aircraft carrying a total of 43 tons of laboratory supplies, ventilators, test kits, PCR machines and vital PPE to fight COVID-19 have arrived in Yemen, thanks to a donation to the World Health Organization (WHO) facilitated by Hayel Saeed Anam Foundation on behalf of the International Initiative on COVID-19 in Yemen (IICY), a collaborative partnership of multinational companies and the United Nations.
"This donation comes at a critical time. It will have a massive and immediate impact on the ground helping to fill the gaps in Yemen's hospitals and laboratories countrywide," said Auke Lootsma, acting Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen.
"We welcome this extraordinary public-private partnership whose goal is to serve the people of Yemen. As the UN marks its 75th anniversary during an unprecedented global health crisis with severe economic and social impacts, this partnership is an example of how we can work together with the private sector to face humanitarian threats."
IICY brings together partners from the public and private sectors, chaired by the Hayel Saeed Anam Foundation and including Unilever, Tetra Pak, the United Nations, the Yemen Private Sector Cluster and the Federation of Yemen Chambers of Commerce & Industry, in an effort to support the actions already being taken by WHO and local public health authorities to respond to the invisible threat of the novel coronavirus.
A fragile health system battling an invisible threat
The first case of COVID-19 in Yemen was declared in April, and the threat of full blown transmission of the virus looms large, spurring WHO and health authorities to fast-track efforts to ensure the establishment of isolation units, quarantine facilities, and clinical management training for the country's remaining health care workforce.
Nabil Hayel Saeed Anam, chair of the International Initiative on COVID-19 in Yemen said: "The deadly COVID-19 pandemic threatens to overwhelm a healthcare infrastructure already under enormous strain in Yemen. We stand on the brink of catastrophe and our best hope of responding is by working together.
"The International Initiative on COVID-19 in Yemen believes in the power of partnership. We are united in our desire to help Yemen prevail and by getting much needed medical supplies to the WHO and other authorities, we can help make that happen."
The 43-ton shipment of medical and laboratory supplies, obtained by the Hayel Saeed Anam Foundation on behalf of IICY, contains in total 426 ventilators, more than 1 million pieces of PPE, 34,000 COVID-19 nucleic acid test kits, 28,000 virus collection kits, 10 centrifuges, as well as other essential hospital and laboratory equipment.
Delivery of the 43-ton aid shipment is being managed by the World Food Program (WFP), with flights arriving in Sanaa and Aden, for onward distribution to hospitals and laboratories across Yemen by UN agencies.
Yemen is entering its almost sixth year of conflict, and the fragile health system and a population that has survived on food aid for years lives in fear. The health system in Yemen is only functioning at 50%, and health system functionality, such as access and capacity of healthcare personnel, is at less than 40%.
Chronic malnutrition has left Yemenis vulnerable, their weakened immune systems a prime target for this virus.
Recent estimates based on modeling scenarios by the Imperial College London on the potential impact of the virus on Yemen are dire, predicting an estimated worst-case scenario of over 64,000 deaths and more than 460,000 in need of hospitalization in a population of 30 million.
As part of readiness and response efforts WHO and health authorities have established 59 isolation units, with over 675 ICU beds, and over 309 ventilators. 21,600 rapid tests have also been provided.
As the world continues its fight against this global pandemic, it must not forget countries like Yemen that need their support. The resources being donated by Hayel Saeed Anam Foundation on behalf of IICY will provide the boost of supplies the COVID-19 response in Yemen desperately needs. — SG


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