Malnutrition is "crisis inside the crisis" in Yemen: NGO

Aden, Yemen:Malnutrition has been exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation in war torn Yemen, a non governmental organization (NGO) warned...

Aden, Yemen: Malnutrition has been exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation in war-torn Yemen, a non-governmental organization (NGO) warned Saturday.

"Malnutrition is a crisis inside the crisis. It has actually extremely amplified the situation and the vulnerability of the population in Yemen," Illaria Rasulo, head of mission of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Yemen, said in a video posted on social media platform X.

"2024 was a very tough year, with the additional outbreak of acute watery diarrhea in whole Yemen," and extremely high levels of malnutrition recorded in MSF facilities, apart from measles outbreaks and sporadic cases of polio and diphtheria, Rasulo said.

"For 2025, we are expecting even more outbreaks," she predicted, noting a "dramatic" humanitarian situation in Yemen as many NGOs have to reduce their activities in or even leave the country amid fund cuts from major donors, including a funding freeze from the United States.

On Jan. 20, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, which orders a 90-day pause in the country's "foreign development assistance."