PRESS RELEASE: Yemen sees return to alarming levels of food insecurity

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Economic crisis, conflict, floods, desert locusts – and now COVID-19 – could wipe out improvements in food security in parts of Yemen, UN agencies warn JOINT PRESS RELEASE 22 July 2020, Sana’a – Economic shocks, conflict, floods, desert locusts and now COVID-19 are creating a perfect storm that could reverse hard-earned food security gains in … Continued

STATEMENT: Key water station in Syria down, putting 460K at risk amid Covid-19 scale-up

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Interruption to key water station in the northeast of Syria puts 460,000 people at risk as efforts ramp up to prevent the spread of Coronavirus disease From Fran Equiza, UNICEF Representative in Syria DAMASCUS, 23 March 2020 – “Yet again the water supply from the Allouk water station in the northeast of Syria has been interrupted. … Continued

Children living in protracted conflicts are three times more likely to die from water-related diseases than from violence – UNICEF

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Famine, drought and war: time is running out for millions of children

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