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Acute malnutrition surges in Government of Yemen-controlled areas with extremely critical conditions reported in West Coast areas

Diseases, high food insecurity, and limited access to safe drinking water are driving up acute malnutrition among vulnerable children

Acute malnutrition is rapidly increasing in Government of Yemen (GoY)-controlled areas, with the West Coast experiencing “extremely critical” levels for the first time, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Technical Working Group in Yemen said today.

9 years into the conflict in Yemen, millions of children are malnourished and stunted

More than half of the population needs lifesaving support, with malnutrition taking a particularly heavy toll on children.

The beneficiary Abdulkarim Mohammed Saleh, one of the infants who were suffers of malnutrition and be treated by the UNICEF project in Alsari Village, Ibb Governorate, Yemen.

Conflict and economic crisis drive food insecurity and malnutrition in Yemen

The food security situation in Yemen’s districts under the control of the Government of Yemen slightly improved during the first five months of this year, while acute malnutrition increased, compared to the same period in 2022.

On 23 February 2023 in Aden, Yemen, 16-month-old Rowaida Raeed Ali Hasan is fed a sachet of Plumpy ‘Nut ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) by her mother, Gouma’a Mohammed Hasan Abdullah. Rowaida is being treated for severe acute malnutrition in the Therapeutic Feeding Centre at Al Sadaqa Hospital.

8 years of crushing conflict in Yemen leave more than 11 million children in need of humanitarian assistance

More than 540,000 children under the age of five suffering life-threatening severe acute malnutrition, with one child continuing to die every 10 minutes from preventable causes

Children in a classroom for the ECHO funded UNICEF's catch-up classes programme in one of the IDP camp in Marib, Yemen.

More than 11,000 children killed or injured in Yemen – UNICEF

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell calls for urgent renewal of truce following visit

Sana’a authorities in Yemen sign action plan with UN to prevent grave violations against children

Sana’a authorities signed an Action Plan with the United Nations to protect children and prevent grave violations against them in the context of the armed conflict in Yemen.

Yemen: Acute hunger at unprecedented levels as funding dries up

Joint press release by FAO, UNICEF and WFP

‘Shameful milestone’ in Yemen as 10,000 children killed or maimed since fighting began

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, following his recent visit to Yemen.

The child Imetanan Taha is 7 months old is being screened for malnutrition while visiting AlQutaee Stabilization Therapeutic Feeding Centre in AlMarawi’ah district, Hudaydah Gov, Yemen.

Malnutrition surges among young children in Yemen as conditions worsen

One in five children under five in parts of Yemen are estimated to be acutely malnourished and in urgent need of treatment as malnutrition cases increase across the south, UN agencies warn.

After receiving the food supplements for his 2 malnourished daughter, Moharram Al-Oshari is taking his daughters, Bulqis and Arwa back to their tent.

Yemen sees return to alarming levels of food insecurity

Economic crisis, conflict, floods, desert locusts – and now COVID-19 - could wipe out improvements in food security in parts of Yemen, UN agencies warn

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