Amid escalating violence, UNICEF and partners have completed the first round of a nationwide door-to-door vaccination campaign reaching 5 million children under the age of five with oral polio vaccine and vitamin A supplementation.
In the first campaign of its kind this year, 40,000 vaccinators spread across Yemen to provide children with polio vaccine and vitamin A supplements, according toRead more
Nearly 2.2 million Yemeni children are acutely malnourished, victims of the near collapse of the health-care system during two years of escalating conflict, UN children’s fund (Unicef) said on Tuesday.
At least 462,000 are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, as food supplies have been disrupted by the war between the Saudi-backed government and Al Houthi rebels, the agency said.
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Yemen has lost a decade’s worth of gains in public health as a result of war and economic crisis, with an estimated 63,000 children dying last year of preventable causes often linked to malnutrition, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
About 3.3 million people, including 2.2 million children, across the Arab peninsula’s poorest country are suffering from acuteRead more
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday that, with Yemen's health system near collapse, nearly 2.2 million children are acutely malnourished and require urgent care, while at least 462,000 are suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) - a near 200 percent increase since 2014.
The Hodeida, Sa'ada, Taizz, Hajjah and Lahej governorates put together experience the highestRead more