A shortfall in funding for the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s health programming could threaten the availability of health care for more than 500,000 displaced people, migrants and host community members in Ma’rib, the west coast and north of Yemen.

On World Health Day, IOM is sounding the alarm that if the Organization does not urgently secure USD 5 million, communities already struggling to overcome the effects of eight years of crisis could lose their only source of health care by the start of July.

Less than half of Yemen’s health facilities are functional – many face staff shortages, inadequate supplies and equipment, and an inability to meet operational costs.