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In Pictures: Yemen malnutrition

One million children under the age of five are suffering from lack of food, according to the latest UN numbers.

A malnourished girl at Sanaa(***)s al-Sabeen Hospital. Speaking about children suffering from malnutrition who arrive in his unit, Dr. Obei said, "Most of the cases arrive not from the city, but from the villages."

At the Malnutrition Ward inside al-Sabeen Hospital in Sanaa, parents anxiously accompany their children, a mere handful of an estimated one million children under the age of five suffering from malnutrition in Yemen.

Meanwhile, doctors and caregivers on the ground wonder aloud why funds raised by non-governmental organisations have not trickled down to those who are most in need.

Attending Dr Obei said, “This ward needs a lot of funding, but at the same time there must be supervision of funding efforts – even for international agencies and organisations.”

Jamal Benomar, the UN envoy to Yemen, told the Security Council on Tuesday that 10 million people - almost half the population of Yemen - are not getting enough to eat.

A young boy suffering from malnutrition and his mother. She said, "My husband is a labourer; sometimes he finds work, sometimes not. I feed my son whatever I have ... because sometimes there(***)s no money."

A young girl at Sanaa(***)s al-Sabeen Hospital. Speaking about malnutrition cases, attending doctor Obei said, "The Ministry of Health only provides milk - this is not enough."

One million children under the age of five are suffering from malnutrition, according to the UN.

Having arrived from Harf Sufyan, a village outside Sanaa, this young girl has been a patient in al-Sabeen Hospital(***)s Malnutrition Ward for eight days.

Speaking about children suffering from malnutrition, a UNICEF representative recently said, "There is an urgent need for immediate action to aid the 13 million children."