It is hard to comprehend the magnitude of the crisis in Yemen: approximately one child dies every 12 minutes in the country, where 24 million people need humanitarian aid. Nearly 18 million people have no access to clean drinking water, a problem that will worsen in the future. For Yemenis, COVID-19 was only the latest epidemic; the county has in recent years faced outbreaks of malaria, dengue and cholera. Even the outbreak of COVID-19 did not stop the Saudi- led US- supported violence.

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