‘It’s a Slow Death’: The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis
Cholera cases by year
“It’s a slow death,” said Yakoub al-Jayefi, a Yemeni soldier who has not collected a salary in eight months,
and whose 6-year-old daughter, Shaima, was being treated for malnutrition at a clinic in the Yemeni capital, Sana.
Saudi-led coalition presence
Areas where Al-Qaeda operates
Areas where ISIS has claimed attacks
Houthi-Saleh presence
In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and a coalition of Arab nations launched a military
campaign aimed at pushing back the Houthis and restoring the government.
“With the malnutrition we have among children, if they get diarrhea, they are not going to get
better,” said Meritxell Relano, the United Nations Children’s Fund representative in Yemen.
“There are limits to what we can do in such a collapsed state.”
The United Nations has called the situation the world’s largest humanitarian
crisis, with more than 10 million people who require immediate assistance.
