Child Malnutrition At Record Levels, Health System Collapsing In Yemen, U.N. Warns

Child malnutrition at record highs in parts of Yemen: U.N. survey
“Parts of Yemen are suffering record levels of acute child malnutrition, with nearly 100,000 children now at risk of dying, heightening warnings that the country is approaching a dire food security crisis, a U.N. report and officials said on Tuesday…” (10/27).
VOA News: Yemen’s Collapsing Health System Unable to Cope with Disease Upsurge
“The World Health Organization warns nearly 18 million people in Yemen are unable to get treatment for deadly diseases because years of war, economic distress and a chronic shortage of money have led to a collapse of the country’s healthcare system. … WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic says that for three years, appalling socio-economic conditions in Yemen have caused a spiraling of deadly diseases including the worst cholera outbreak in modern times, as well as epidemics of diphtheria, dengue, measles, and malaria…” (Schlein, 10/29).
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