Entesaf organization reveals death toll of Yemeni children and women by aggression

A report published by Entesaf Organization for Women and Children Rights revealed that the number of children and women victims of the US-Saudi aggression from the beginning of the aggression until the end of January 2021 exceeded 13,888 martyrs and wounded, indicating that three newborns die every hour as a result of the aggression and siege on Yemen.

The organization highlighted during a press conference, held in Sana’a on Thursday, the crimes of aggression and the siege and their effects on women and children in Yemen.

“The number of children and women victims of aggression from the beginning of the aggression until the end of this January reached 6,190 martyrs and 6,898 wounded,” it added.

The human rights report indicated that the percentage of congenital anomalies increased by 8% during the years of the aggression due to the use of internationally prohibited weapons, indicating that malnutrition rates jumped during the years of the aggression to 200% as a result of aggression and blockade.

“Malnutrition among children under the age of five in Yemen exceeded 2.6 million out of 5.5 million, which is 47%,” the organization added.

It indicated that the neonatal mortality rate was 27 births out of every 1,000 births, and that there were about 30,000 newborns who died during 2019 only, out of 1,122,781 births, meaning 3 births die every hour.

It stressed that the closure of Sana’a International Airport resulted in isolating Yemenis, restricting the freedom of millions and disrupting navigation in front of vital and commercial supplies.

“The closure of Sana’a airport exacerbated the humanitarian situation and led to the death of 80,000 patients who needed to travel for treatment,” it added, indicating that more than 450,000 patients urgently need to travel for treatment outside the homeland.

“More than 12,000 patients with kidney failure are in need of urgent kidney transplantation.”

It stressed that more than 65 thousand patients with cancer, including a large number of children and women, are threatened with death as a result of the continued closure of Sana’a airport.

With regard to educational facilities, the report indicated that the total number of educational facilities damaged in Yemen reached 3652 schools, between total and partial destruction and closed by the raids of the coalition of aggression.