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Aiding Yemen’s children

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Aiding Yemen’s children

21 November 2022 – Children under age five are among the most vulnerable of all Yemenis to the ravages of disease, food insecurity, unsafe water, and other ever-present threats to their survival.

Summer Mansour Hussein is the mother of five children. Her youngest, Malka, is extremely fortunate to have reached her first birthday after nearly succumbing to severe acute malnutrition (SAM) that stalks the infants and young children of Yemen’s IDP camps in league with outbreaks of deadly and debilitating communicable diseases.

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