联合国五家机构发布报告指出，也门2021年约230万名五岁以下儿童预计将患急性营养不良，其中40万儿童患严重急性营养不良，若不获得紧急治疗将面临死亡风险1。这一数字较2020年分别增长16%和22%，是2015年冲突升级以来最高水平1。此外，约120万孕妇或哺乳期妇女也预计将患急性营养不良1。
长期武装冲突、经济衰退、新冠疫情和人道主义资金严重不足是导致营养不良危机加剧的主要驱动因素1。受影响最严重的地区包括亚丁、哈贾、荷台达、塔伊兹和萨那市等1。联合国儿童基金会执行主任海瑞塔·福尔表示："每一天没有行动，就会有更多儿童死亡"1。2020年人道主义应急反应计划获得19亿美元资金，仅占所需34亿美元的56%1。
A consortium of United Nations agencies has issued a stark warning about the nutritional emergency unfolding in Yemen. Approximately 2.3 million children under five are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, according to the report, with 400,000 of these cases classified as severe acute malnutrition 1. Without emergency medical intervention, children with severe acute malnutrition face imminent risk of death 1. The figures represent a troubling escalation compared to the previous year, with acute malnutrition cases rising 16 percent and severe cases climbing 22 percent from 2020 1. These levels mark the highest recorded since armed conflict intensified in 2015 1.
The humanitarian crisis extends beyond children, with approximately 1.2 million pregnant and lactating women also expected to experience acute malnutrition 1. The report identifies prolonged armed conflict, economic collapse, the COVID-19 pandemic, and severe shortfalls in humanitarian funding as primary drivers of the crisis 1. Regions facing the most severe impact include Aden, Hajjah, Hodeidah, Taiz, and Sana'a 1. Funding constraints have further hampered response efforts, with the 2020 humanitarian emergency response plan receiving only 1.9 billion dollars of the 3.4 billion dollars required—representing just 56 percent of needs 1. According to UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, "Each day without action means more children dying" 1.
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