© Naif Rahma / ReutersA nurse feeds a malnourished child at a malnutrition treatment centre in the northwestern city of Saada,
At least 1,219 children have died as a result of the fighting in Yemen, but a chronic lack of health care will causing an additional 10,000 preventable deaths per year, according to a briefing from the NGO Save the Children International.The U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war on Yemen has devastated the civilian population, and poverty, disease, and starvation are taking a heavy toll on the country's children.
The Yemeni struggled for years with poverty and a lack of quality health care even before the war began, but the
conflict has driven the nation to the verge of total collapse and pushed child mortality rates way up."Now, the situation is much worse and an estimated
1,000 children are dying every week from preventable killers like diarrhoea, malnutrition and respiratory tract infections," said
Edward Santiago, Yemen director for the NGO Save the Children.
At least 1,219 children have died as a direct result of the war in Yemen, but a
desperate lack of medical supplies, bombed-out hospitals, and missing or dead medical staff are likely to cause an additional 10,000 preventable deaths each year, according to "
Struggling to Survive: Stories from Yemen's collapsing health system," a briefing published on Dec. 19 by Save the Children International.
Comment: The increasing occurrences of police brutality and the police killing citizens probably had an impact on the number of officers who were killed by guns in 2016. A countless number of people have lost their patience with police.