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KSRelief inspects progress against malnutriti­on in Shabwa

- ARAB NEWS

JEDDAH: A team from the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitari­an Aid (KSRelief) has visited Nasab in Yemen’s Shabwa governorat­e to inspect progress made in the project to confront malnutriti­on.

The number of children under 5 years of age diagnosed with malnutriti­on in the targeted health facilities in Shabwa is 1,941, and the number of children under 5 years treated for acute malnutriti­on is 118.

The number of pregnant and lactating mothers with acute malnutriti­on treated at the health facilities in Nasab is 258.

KSRelief has provided insecticid­es and spraying machines to control desert locusts in order to prevent epidemics and maintain food security in the governorat­es of Hadramaut, Shabwa, Abyan, Dhala, Marib, Jawf and Mahra, in coordinati­on with the Saudi Ministry of Environmen­t, Water and Agricultur­e and the Yemeni High Relief Committee, represente­d by the Yemeni Ministry of Agricultur­e and Irrigation.

KSRelief has supported water and environmen­tal sanitation services, and provided drinking water and sanitation for vulnerable and displaced people in Yemen. The Center also recently distribute­d food aid in Abyan.

In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Abyan Gov. Abu Bakr Hussein lauded the Kingdom’s pivotal role in providing aid, as represente­d by KSRelief.

 ??  ?? KSRelief officials visit Nasab in Yemen’s Shabwa governorat­e to inspect progress made in the project to confront malnutriti­on. (SPA)
KSRelief officials visit Nasab in Yemen’s Shabwa governorat­e to inspect progress made in the project to confront malnutriti­on. (SPA)

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