‘Yemen alarmingly facing growing cases of malnutrition’

With the devastating impact of the ongoing campaign led by the Saudi regime in Riyadh against the impoverished country of Yemen, there has been a constant rise in the cases of malnutrition there, many of them life-threatening.  

With the devastating impact of the ongoing campaign led by the Saudi regime in Riyadh against the impoverished country of Yemen, there has been a constant rise in the cases of malnutrition there, many of them life-threatening.  

Sawsan Hussein Hatem Al-Hababi is a doctor with the International Rescue Committee. He spoke at a medical clinic in central Sana’a on Friday, reporting “a significant increase” in the number of cases arriving.

He said that the number had increased “especially after people have been displaced from Hudaydah to Sana’a.”

Hababi said most of the cases that recovered with medical help “have relapsed” because of the economic situation.

Um Abdel Malek, mother of three-year-old Abdel Malek Mastoor who is being treated for malnutrition, said she tried to buy him milk but she cannot afford it.

“If I can, I go out and buy him milk. If I can’t, I don’t. I can’t provide it for him,” she said. Abdel Malek is the skinniest of her five children.

According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 1.8 million children are acutely malnourished in Yemen.