Field teams from the UAE and the World Health Organisation (WHO), in close coordination with Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPHP), have completed the first phase of a comprehensive baseline assessment on Socotra Island in Yemen.

The multi-phase operation, which began in late May, will comprise four scheduled field visits over the course of one year by joint teams from both entities.

The assessment is the initial phase of a comprehensive programme in Socotra, aiming over the next two to five years to reduce mortality related to poor health and malnutrition by 20 percent through an integrated approach to strengthen the health system. The baseline assessment covered 38 enumeration areas (villages) across 29 sub-districts of Socotra.