Photo: The mother of 21-month-old Majed Ayyash prepares him to be weighed in a malnutrition intensive care unit in Sanaa, Yemen. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
Living conditions in Yemen are worsening by the week, with an increase in disease and nonstop bombing making life unbearable for many civilians, medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders warned on Monday.
The situation has rapidly deteriorated since March 26, when Saudi Arabia began its campaign of airstrikes against Houthi rebels, and imposed a blockade on imports, including food, medicine and fuel, said Teresa Sancristόval, head of the emergency unit overseeing Yemen for Doctors Without Borders, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), during a press briefing on Monday.
Populated areas like markets, schools and camps for Yemen’s 1.2 million internally displaced people have all experienced violence, she said. In Aden, in the country’s south, snipers on building roofs have left people afraid and unable to leave their homes to take relatives to the hospital.
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