Nutrition Crisis in Yemen

One-year-old Ghosson was sickly and weighed just 11 pounds when her worried parents brought her to UNICEF-supported Al Sadaqa Hospital in Aden, Yemen.
More than 11 million children in Yemen need humanitarian assistance to survive. A dangerous combination of factors, including conflict, economic decline and now the COVID-19 pandemic have compounded the dire situation for Yemen's youngest children. "2.3 million children under 5 are acutely malnourished, and nearly 400,000 of them suffering from severe acute malnutrition are at imminent risk of death," said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore.
UNICEF is working with partners to reach children in Yemen with the support and services they need to survive. Under the care of Dr. Fatimah Ahmed, Ghosson's health slowly began to improve. "I thank Al Sadaqa Hospital for treating my daughter, said her father, Ibrahim Abdullah. "She is now well."