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Severely malnourished but resilient

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Severely malnourished but resilient

22 September – Hunger is spreading in Yemen after many donor countries have cut back on critical humanitarian aid. At least 60,000 children are now acutely malnourished and require urgent care. One of them is Nuha, who with her mother has endured the extremes of poverty and food insecurity.

Yemen’s intractable political, military, and humanitarian crisis continues to exact a heavy toll on the country’s health system – and on families now facing unrelenting hunger.

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