The World Health Organization announced, on Wednesday, that 280 deaths from measles have been recorded in Yemen since the beginning of 2024.

The organization's office in Yemen said, "The country is facing an outbreak of vaccine-preventable diseases, including polio virus, acute watery diarrhea, cholera, measles, diphtheria, malaria, and dengue fever."

He added in a statement, “Since the beginning of this year, 33,000 suspected cases of measles have been reported, with 280 deaths due to the disease itself.”

This comes “as food insecurity worsens in Yemen, with nearly half of families now struggling to obtain enough food,” according to the same source.

The statement stated that “The World Health Organization signed an agreement worth 3.4 million euros with the German government to maintain life-saving health and nutrition services in Yemen.”

This initiative came as Yemen faces an extended third-degree emergency, which is the highest level of health emergency of the international organization, according to the same statement.

On July 10, the Yemeni government announced a decrease in international funding for the health sector by about 70 percent