UN Agency: Child Malnutrition at 'All-time High' in Yemen

Hunger among Yemen's children has reached an "all-time high," with nearly 2.2 million in need of urgent care, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said Monday. At least 462,000 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition — meaning they are extremely underweight for their height — a drastic increase of almost 200 percent since 2014, UNICEF said. Saada governorate in the country's northwest has the world's highest stunting rates among children, affecting eight...

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