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Infant Mortality Rate
In 1950, the child mortality rate for Yemen rose to 250.2 children per 1000 infants born. Yemen has made significant progress since 1950; as of 2015, the child mortality rate has dropped to 44.52 children per 1000 infants born. With the ongoing epidemic of Cholera ravaging Yemen, the death toll of children rises. As of 2018, more than 20 million Yemeni people are in need of humanitarian assistance, 9 million being children. Currently every 10 minutes, a child dies from preventable causes.

Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of child mortality. As of 2018, about 2 million Yemeni children suffer from acute malnutrition due to the civil war consuming their nation's economy. Geographically, Yemen also consists of the worlds most depleted water sources. According to Unicef, nearly 462,000 children are reported suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition leading As of November 21, 2018, an estimated 85,000 children have died under the age of five due to acute malnutrition throughout the three year long war. This number does not include children missing, displaced, or currently medically unstable.

Abuse and the exploitation of children in Yemen has become common practice as the civil war carries on between the Houthi rebels and Yemeni Government Forces. There are a reported 6,500 children that have been killed or injured from violence as the country's infrastructure collapses. Children are constantly being recruited for war measures and being killed in the cross fire. There have been a reported an upwards of 800 children being recruited for the civil war.

Disease ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Cholera has broken out within Yemen because of it's poor infrastructure. Yemen faces issues in control and provisions of fresh clean water as Yemen does not have the capacity to create infrastructure needed to provide it. Thus, forcing it's people to obtain water from rivers and lakes that isn't sanitary. Cholera is prominently found in contaminated drinking water, making the Yemeni people, especially children, the most prone to such a disease. There have been reported more than 815,000 suspected cases of Cholera in Yemen over the past three years, 60% percent of them being children. Cholera can be found in majority of Yemen, mostly concentrated in the cities closer to water. Cholera currently kills an estimated 95,000 people per year and infects upwards of 2.9 million people.

Diphtheria has spread throughout Yemen infecting upwards of 1,300 people as of March 2018, 80% of cases being children. As of February 21, 2018, there have been a reported 66 people deceased from Diphtheria.

Foreign Assistance ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Unicef has made a huge effort in fighting the war against the Cholera Epidemic with major efforts of providing vaccines help immunize the Yemeni people. There have been 900,000 of suspected Cholera cases and can be treated. They've launched various campaigns to help combat sicknesses such as whooping cough, pneumonia, tetanus, tuberculosis, diphtheria, and meningitis and continue to send vaccines to the Yemeni people. As of December 4th, 2018, the United States has funded approximately $696 million USD in Humanitarian funding for Yemen. Humanitarian Organizations have created huge impacts in Yemen by providing Health, Nutrition, and Food provisions for the impacted. The KSA and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have also supported food and nutritional support by pledging $500 million USD to help provide for 12 million Yemeni people.

The World Health Organization has provided substantial aid to Yemen and continues the efforts in creating a sustainable health system. In 2016, the World Health Organization created functional health facilities including 414 operating sites within 145 districts including of over 400 mobile health and nutrition teams in another 266 districts throughout Yemen. They've also provided extensive child health nutrition interventions in over 300 districts and have established 26 Cholera Treatment centers. They are the leading effort in polio immunization treating over 4.5 million children under the age of 5. They've supplied 565 tons of essential vaccines and medical supplies expected to help upwards of 3 million people in conflict impacted areas.

The World Health Organization has provided huge efforts by creating their Humanitarian response plan in 2017. Their plan consisted of a $219.2 million USD WHO budget and a $430.4 million USD Health Sector budget that targeted support for 2.6 million women and 5.8 million children in Yemen. They created four specific objectives in providing aid: Provide health services, response and supervision, and medical supplies to districts; Strengthen health sector efficiency and health information systems; Increase reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health interventions, including violence against women; Bolster community-based health initiatives and create self-sustaining infrastructure for the health system. They have allocated budgets primarily towards Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and Cholera projects.

Current Standing ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Currently Yemen still stands divided as a nation engulfed in political turmoil and disease. Infrastructure is still yet to be set by the government, resulting in suffering for the people across the nation. We've made significant progress in Yemen however, there are still major problems at hand. The infant mortality rate is still 44.52 per 1000 children. The Cholera Epidemic still grows strong as the government has failed to sustain clean water filtration systems and infrastructure. Diphtheria is growing into a major issue infecting hundreds of people and in certain cases resulting in death. Although vaccines are being sent to Yemen, majority of the population has yet to get immunization shots because of lack of access or lack of knowledge. The Yemeni Civil War still envelopes Yemen in violence between the Yemeni government and the Houthi militia whilst using the city streets as their battlegrounds, resulting in the displacement of millions of people from their homes.

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