‘It’s a Slow Death’: The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis<br />Cholera cases by year<br />“It’s a slow death,” said Yakoub al-Jayefi, a Yemeni soldier who has not collected a salary in eight months,<br />and whose 6-year-old daughter, Shaima, was being treated for malnutrition at a clinic in the Yemeni capital, Sana.<br />Saudi-led coalition presence<br />Areas where Al-Qaeda operates<br />Areas where ISIS has claimed attacks<br />Houthi-Saleh presence<br />In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and a coalition of Arab nations launched a military<br />campaign aimed at pushing back the Houthis and restoring the government.<br />“With the malnutrition we have among children, if they get diarrhea, they are not going to get<br />better,” said Meritxell Relano, the United Nations Children’s Fund representative in Yemen.<br />“There are limits to what we can do in such a collapsed state.”<br />The United Nations has called the situation the world’s largest humanitarian<br />crisis, with more than 10 million people who require immediate assistance.
