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Photo by Achilleas Zavallis @achilleaszavallis // Halima Yehia, from Damar, holds her granddaughter Qasima in the malnutrition ward of the al-Sabeen women and children’s hospital, on 12 September, 2019. Mothers and babies are amongst the most highly vulnerable in Yemen. Every two hours, one mother and six newborns die because of complications during pregnancy or birth. Essential public services, including healthcare crucial to support mothers and childbirth, are on the brink of total collapse. Only 51 per cent of all health facilities are fully functional, and even these face severe shortages in medicines, equipment, and staff. Source: @unicef Many expectant mothers experiencing complications in childbirth and parents of sick children are unable to reach medical care in Yemen in a safe and timely manner, often with deadly consequences, a report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has found. Between 2016 and 2018, 36 mothers and 1,529 children died – 1,018 of whom were new-borns – in...

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