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Starving families are being forced to boil eaves for survival in the Aslam district of northern Yemen. One of Yemen's poorest districts, Aslam hosts both local residents and people displaced due to the ongoing conflict. Despite relief efforts, the humanitarian crisis in the area is worsening. According to the Yemeni Health Ministry, in the first six months of 2018, Hajjah province, where Aslam is located, recorded 17,000 cases of severe acute malnutrition. Warning: you may find some of the images in this report disturbing
Bani Qais, Yemen, Sep 16 (efe-epa), (Camera: Yahya Arhab).- The only health center helping emaciated children in a remote village in western Yemen could be forced to close due to a lack of United Nations funding.Mother-of five Om Adel carried her crying, starving 14-month-old son Adel to the facility in Bani Qais for treatment.She said his body has been dwindling away and his condition was worsening day by day. “If the medical support for this center is cut off, I have no choice but to keep my son at home, waiting for him to die,” she added.“With no money, I can’t buy milk for him or afford to hire a car to take him to the nearest hospital.”The center may have to shut in October as the UN has announced the suspension of 70 percent of health programs in the war-ridden country from September due to lack of resources.Yemen’s prolonged conflict has had a devastating effect on its children, leaving 10.3 million without enough food every day, including nearly 1.8 million under the age of five who are facing acute malnutrition, according to UN figures.FOOTAGE OF A HEALTH CENTER IN BANI QAIS, YEMEN.
Bani Qais, Yemen, Sep 16 (efe-epa).- The only health center helping emaciated children in a remote village in western Yemen could be forced to close due to a lack of United Nations funding.Mother-of five Om Adel carried her crying, starving 14-month-old son Adel to the facility in Bani Qais for treatment.She said his body has been dwindling away and his condition was worsening day by day. (Camera: YAHYA ARHAB. Editor: VICTORIA MORENO)
Sana'a, May 21 (EFE/EPA).- Health workers on Thursday disinfected streets of the Yemeni capital Sana's as part of a wide-scale sanitation and disinfection campaign launched to stem the spread of COVID-19 in the war-torn country. (Camera: YAHYA ARHAB). SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS SPRAY DISINFECTANT ON VEHICLES ON THE STREETS OF SANA'A, YEMEN.
Medics are working to stop the spread of cholera in the war-torn Yemeni capital, Sanaa, where a small outbreak has been reported among families who fled the fighting and are camping outside the city. Mana Rabiee reports.
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