AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoViolence and health impacts: Yemen’s Houthi-run health ministry says Saudi airstrikes killed six members of one family in Hajjah (including a couple and four children) and injured four others, with a second strike in Taiz injuring a child and two adults, as fighting escalates around the Red Sea. Frontline humanitarian strain: Reports describe schools in Taiz operating near sniper positions, while displacement and hunger continue to worsen children’s health and access to care. Malnutrition crisis: Al Jazeera highlights severe child hunger in Yemen, citing UN figures of 2.2 million children under five acutely malnourished, with families struggling to reach understocked nutrition services and hospitals. Regional escalation affecting Yemen’s health system: Yemen’s government offensive “Dawn of Yemen” and Saudi-backed air support are linked to renewed attacks and wider insecurity around Bab el-Mandeb, raising risks for civilians and aid delivery. Human rights crackdown: HRW and Amnesty say Houthi authorities have prosecuted UN and civil society staff on espionage-related charges, including health and humanitarian workers, with calls to halt prosecutions and release detainees. Cross-border disease watch: Kenya reported its first Ebola death after travel from the DRC, while Yemen’s displacement continues to raise broader disease-risk concerns.
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