A recent UN report stated that more than two million children and pregnant and breastfeeding women in Yemen were deprived of treatment for acute malnutrition last September due to lack of funding.

The World Food Program (WFP) said in its humanitarian situation report, issued on Wednesday, that a total of 2.3 million children and pregnant and lactating women from the PBWG group were deprived of access to malnutrition treatment in September 2024, due to acute shortages. In finance.

The report added that the World Food Program for the Prevention of Acute Malnutrition has been suspended since last January, due to a lack of funding, which leaves 2.4 million children, breastfeeding and pregnant women at risk of complications from malnutrition.

The program explained that its operations in Yemen are still suffering from a severe lack of funding, as they were funded by only 43% of the total net funding requirements amounting to $448 million for the next six months (October 2024 - March 2025).

The report indicated that, despite the lack of funding, the World Food Program was able last September to assist 762.5 thousand children, women, pregnant and breastfeeding girls, and children within the framework of its regular nutrition programs. Among them are 671.3 thousand in the moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) treatment program, and another 91.2 thousand in the prevention of acute malnutrition (PAM) program, according to the allocation provided by the Yemen Humanitarian Fund (YHF).