
RELATIONS WITH YEMEN: VERY SIMPLIFIED
YEMEN FOOD CRISIS
- THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS ONLY 64 YEARS OLD, 14 YEARS LESS THAN THE UNITED STATES
- YEMEN HAS BEEN ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES FOR THE LAST DECADE, AND IS RATED THE HIGHEST FRAGILE STATE BY THE FRAGILE STATE INDEX
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16.2 MILLION YEMENIS ARE FOOD INSECURE
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20.1 MILLION PEOPLE FACE HUNGER IN THE ABSENCE OF FOOD ASSISTANCE
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24 MILLION PEOPLE IN NEED OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN 2020
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THE MALNUTRITION RATES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD
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1.2 MILLION WOMEN AND 2.3 MILLION CHILDREN REQUIRE TREATMENT FOR ACUTE MALNUTRITION
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THE WFP (WORLD FOOD PROGRAM) HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME HELP TO THE MOST VULNERABLE
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THE WFP IS PROVIDING NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT TO 1.1 MILLION PREGNANT AND NURSING WOMEN AND CHILDREN. UNDER THE AGE OF 5
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THE WFP PROVIDES SNACKS TO 950,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN HIT HARD BY CONFLICT BECAUSE THERE IS EXPONENTIALLY LOW SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE AND LOW FOOD SECURITY
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ON MARCH 1st, 2021, SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN ANNOUNCED THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD BE GIVING YEMEN AN ADDITIONAL 191 MILLION DOLLARS IN
FOREIGN AID DIRECTED TOWARDS THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS-
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, THE UNITED STATES HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 350 MILLION DOLLARS IN AID
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THE UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE SUPPORTS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MALNUTRITION, THE REHABILITATION OF WATER SYSTEMS, AND REPAIRING ROADS
- THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS ENDING ALL AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS IN
YEMEN