Emaciated Yemeni woman now smiles but recovery patchy

Saida Ahmad Baghili, 18, who has been affected by severe malnutrition, stands on a height measuring scale at the al-Thawra hospital in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

SANAA (Reuters) - Images of 18-year-old Saida Ahmad Baghili's emaciated body shocked the world and turned a spotlight on the worsening humanitarian crisis across war-torn Yemen.

Now, after weeks of specialist hospital care in the capital Sanaa, though she can still barely speak and sometimes finds eating more difficult than ever, she can at least smile.