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Fatma Tanis

There's a glimmer of hope on Yemen's war front. Yet children are still dying of hunger

A baby is being treated for malnutrition in the neonatal department at Al-Sadaqa hospital in Aden, Yemen. The unit is filled with newborns born with complications due to malnutrition. Doctors say they do not have enough equipment or beds treat the number of babies. (Claire Harbage/NPR)

TAIZ and ADEN, Yemen — Malia Qassim Mahmoud found herself at Al-Thawra hospital in Taiz, seeking help for the third time for the acute malnutrition affecting her family. Two years ago, her older son was severely malnourished. He recovered but his growth has been stunted; she says the 6-year-old is much smaller than other kids his age.

A year later, she herself had to be hospitalized for malnutrition. Then it was her 1-year-old baby, lying limp in her arms, his skin a sickly yellow color, unable to even open his mouth as his mother tried to feed him protein paste.

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