Yemen Monitor/Newsroom:
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) has warned that malnutrition is threatening the lives of children in Yemen. In a tweet on X, the organization noted that malnutrition has reached alarming levels, “putting the lives of countless people at risk due to the life-threatening conditions they face.”
The organization stated on its X account: “The prevalence of malnutrition among Yemeni children has reached alarming levels, putting the lives of countless people at risk due to the life-threatening conditions they face.”
The organization added that “from January to October, MSF teams treated 3,099 cases suffering from complications related to malnutrition, including 3,061 cases of severe acute malnutrition and 38 cases of moderate acute malnutrition.”
It noted that “these children, ranging in age from one month to 14 years, were treated at Abs General Hospital in Hajjah Governorate.” This hospital is supported by MSF and is one of the most important hospitals in Hajjah Governorate, most of which is controlled by the Houthi group.
Earlier, UN reports warned of the risk of malnutrition to the lives of hundreds of thousands of children in Yemen due to the deteriorating humanitarian and economic conditions in the country.
