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https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/...hed-children-are-left-without-treatment-march
Yemen: Tens of thousands of severely malnourished children are left without treatment since March
Source Save the Children
Posted 9 Jul 2020
Originally published 9 Jul 2020
Number of children receiving essential care for deadliest form of hunger drops 74% since March
SANA’A (July 10, 2020)—Tens of thousands of children in Yemen are missing out on life-saving treatment for severe malnutrition due to funding shortfalls, Save the Children says.
The charity’s analysis of Yemen Health Cluster data found services to nurse children back from the brink of starvation have plummeted by 74% since March.
A monthly average of just 9,500 children under the age of five were admitted for “severe acute malnutrition with complications” for treatment – children likely to die without immediate care – after funds began to dry up in April. That compares to 37,000 children in the first quarter of the year.
At those rates, 27,500 children every month are expected now missing out on the vital treatment needed to keep them alive. [1]
Aid agencies have been struggling to raise funds for health services in Yemen – just 18% of the support needed for the humanitarian response this year has been found so far. [2]
Many of the supplies and staff that now remain on the ground have also been diverted to tackle outbreaks of COVID-19 and cholera. [3]...