US EditionYemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of war
- One in two children under five in Yemen are acutely malnourished, with over 537,000 suffering from severe acute malnutrition, according to UNICEF representative Peter Hawkins.
- Peter Hawkins stated that Yemen's humanitarian crisis is escalating, warning that thousands will die from malnutrition if urgent action is not taken.
- UNICEF reported that the conflict has severely impacted Yemen's economy, healthcare system, and infrastructure, leaving over half of the population reliant on humanitarian aid.
- Islamic Relief noted that recent escalations in violence and cuts to aid threaten to worsen the situation for Yemen's children.
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UN says half of Yemen’s under-fives acutely malnourished
One in two children aged under five in Yemen are acutely malnourished, the United Nations said on Tuesday, with more than half a million of them suffering from potentially deadly wasting. The UN children's agency UNICEF warned that a decade of conflict in Yemen had stolen childhoods and left an entire generation fighting to survive, even as the humanitarian crisis is escalating. "One in two children under five are acutely malnourished," UNICEF's…
Yemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of war
In Yemen, a decade of conflict has proved catastrophic for the country’s children living under the threat of airstrikes and staggeringly high malnutrition rates, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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