Topline More than 2 million Yemeni children under the age of 5 are expected to suffer acute malnutrition this year, which may lead to the death of 400,000 of those kids, according to a joint report issued by four United Nations agencies on Friday, detailing the dire straits facing the war-torn nation amid a worldwide pandemic that has choked out desperately needed financial aid. A nurse holds the Yemeni conjoined twins Mohammed and Ahmed inside an ambulance as they wait to be … [+] evacuated, by a UNICEF-chartered flight, for their separation surgery in Jordan, at the Sanaa international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, on February 6, 2021. Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Key Facts The report, published by the World Food Program, the Food and Agriculture Organization, UNICEF and the World Health Organization, details Yemen’s urgent need for humanitarian assistance from abroad. A t… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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UN Warns 400,000 Yemeni Children May Starve To Death In 2021
