Urgent call to action: Child rights and the state of child morbidity and mortality in Yemen

Abstract

More than 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen suffer from acute malnutrition. Approximately 450,000 are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition and may die if they do not receive urgent treatment. In this context, without security, stability, and better access for farmers to have the means to resume growing food, children and their families continue to sink deeper and deeper into hunger and malnutrition.

Keywords: Kids; Malnutrition; Morbimortality; Teenagers; Yemen.