2M Yemeni children suffer acute malnutrition
More than two million children suffer from acute malnutrition in Yemen, amid calls to provide necessary treatment care and support to protect them from severe consequences.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that more than 2.2 million children suffer from acute malnutrition in Yemen, and more than 540,000 suffer from severe acute malnutrition.
It tweeted, “We must act urgently to provide the necessary therapeutic care.”
#Malnutrition is robbing millions of children in #Yemen of their health & potential. With 2.2 mil children acutely malnourished & +540,000 suffering from severe acute #malnutrition, we must act urgently to provide the necessary #therapeutic care. pic.twitter.com/IdTM1iifGr
— UNICEF Yemen (@UNICEF_Yemen) March 11, 2023
Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, announced in February that UN had only succeeded in raising $1.2 billion, as part of a UN plan estimated at $4.3 billion that Yemen needs in 2023.
Thus, the lack of funding for the United Nations humanitarian activities in Yemen threatens to exacerbate the humanitarian situation in the country, especially with the suffering of more than 19 million people from hunger in Yemen.
