07/05/2019
Yemen: Parenting in a war zone
https://www.unicef.org/stories/yemen-parenting-war-zone
Intro, SANA'A, Yemen – More than four years of armed conflict have brought Yemen’s essential public services to the brink of total collapse. The first to feel the effects are, invariably, the nation’s most vulnerable: mothers and babies. Access to quality health services during and after pregnancy can be the difference between life and death for mothers…, Ali, Yemen. A woman feeds a child. UNICEF/UN0318227/Alahmadi A future in the balance Ali lost his mother the day he was born. With little money and no means of transportation, Ali’s father didn’t have any way of getting his wife, Khaizaran, to a hospital or health centre when she went into labour last December. It’s an all too common story in Yemen,…, Text, Maternal and child survival are closely linked. Babies who lose their mothers often stand little chance of survival: 1 in 37 die during their first month of life. Infants who lose their mothers – and are therefore not exclusively breastfed – are also at heightened risk of death, directly through malnutrition, and indirectly through increased…, Saeed's story, Yemen. A woman holds a small child. UNICEF/UN0320193/Baholis The cost of a future Intense fighting forced Suad and her family to flee their home in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz. She now lives with her family in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the neighbouring Lahij governorate. When the time came to give birth to her youngest…, Text, Only half of health facilities in Yemen are fully functional, and even these face severe shortages in medicines, equipment, and staff. As part of its efforts to reduce the high level of newborn deaths in the country, UNICEF is supporting 13 hospitals – including by providing neonatal intensive care units – across five Governorates . Yemen. A…
