In Yemen, a child dies every 10 minutes, whose death could be avoided, stated by the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Henriette Form. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
According to her, this year 1.6 million children were forced to leave the place of residence due to violence.
“Today in Yemen, almost 21 million people, including 11.3 million children need humanitarian aid to survive. 2.3 million children undernourished and about 400 thousand under the age of 5 years suffer from acute malnutrition – they face Inevitable death, “said the form at the UN Security Council meeting. She noted that more than 10 million children and approximately 5 million women have no appropriate access to medical services.