WFP to suspend malnutrition prevention in Yemen due to funding shortfall


  • World
  • Monday, 31 Jul 2023

ADEN, Yemen, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has said it would suspend its life-saving malnutrition interventions in Yemen in August due to a severe funding shortfall.

The WFP said in a report released Saturday that the lack of funds, combined with the continuous disruptions in supplies, has left it with no choice but to halt malnutrition prevention activities in Yemen.

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