UNICEF: Malnutrition amongst children in Yemen at an all-time high, warns UNICEF
SANA'A, 12 December 2016 – Nearly 2.2 million children in Yemen are acutely malnourished and require urgent care. At least 462,000 children suffer from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), a drastic increase of almost 200 per cent since 2014. An additional 1.7 million children suffer from Moderate Acute Malnutrition.
The situation of severely malnourished children in Governorates such as Hodeida, Sa’ada, Taizz, Hajjah and Lahej is most critical. These five governorates put together have the highest of all SAM cases in the country. Sa’ada also has the world’s highest stunting rates amongst children with an unprecedented eight out of 10 children in some areas being chronically malnourished.
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Update #1: 2.2 million Yemen children acutely malnourished: UN (Al Arabiya/AFP)
Update #2: Child malnutrition at ‘all-time high’ in Yemen, UNICEF claims in alarming report (RT)
WNU Editor: This is a story that deserves far more attention than what it is receiving.
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