Life and Death for Yemen鈥檚 Children
With the war in Yemen now in its fifth year the United Nations is warning that 80% of the population 鈥 some 24 million people 鈥 need some form of humanitarian aid, and nearly 10 million people are 鈥渏ust a step away from famine鈥. Medical services in the country are on the brink of collapse, and the UN says a child under five dies every 10 minutes, from preventable causes.
The country is divided by a fierce civil war between the internationally recognised government 鈥 backed by a Saudi led coalition 鈥 and the Houthi rebel movement 鈥 allied with Iran.
Many sick children have been trapped in the capital Sana鈥檃 by a Saudi ban on civilian flights. The 大象传媒鈥檚 international correspondent Orla Guerin has been following the story of a girl and a boy in urgent need of medical evacuation. She reports now from Amman, Jordan. First broadcast: 01/04/2019
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