Malnutrition could kill half a million children in Yemen
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Maria Calivis speaks to press on child malnutrition in Yemen: UNICEF
Half a million children in Yemen could die this year from malnutrition or suffer lifelong consequences from it, according to the UN children's agency (UNICEF).
Yemen has the world's second highest rate of chronic childhood malnutrition, after Afghanistan.
Charles Appel reports…
Maria Calivis, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa concluded her first official visit to Yemen on Wednesday.
She said conflict, poverty and drought have harmed the health of Yemeni children.
Continued civil unrest in the Gulf country has also had a detrimental effect.
She added that high food and fuel prices and the breakdown in social services were also contributing factors.
Charles Appel, United Nations
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