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Malnutrition is a major problem in Yemen with 43% of children under 5 years of age underweight and 19 per cent severely underweight, according to UNICEF’s “Situation Analysis of Children in Yemen 2014” report. Preliminary results of the 2014 Comprehensive Food Security Survey (CFSS) show that Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) has improved considerably in Al Hudaydah, Aden, Lahj, Marib, Al Dhale’e, Hadramaut and Al Bayda; but severely deteriorated in Taizz, Ibb, Dhamar and Al Maharah.
The net result is that national GAM has slightly improved: 12.7 per cent of under 5 children are malnourished compared to 13 per cent in 2011.