ADEN: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center is supporting a nutrition project for children under the age of 5, pregnant women and nursing mothers in the Yemeni governorates of Aden, Lahij, Taiz, Hodeidah, Hadramout, Hajjah and Marib.
The project, which aims to provide nutritional therapy, health care and counseling, has helped 26,887 people in one week.
These services are part of Saudi Arabia’s efforts, through KSrelief, to alleviate the suffering of Yemenis, especially mothers and children who are suffering from malnutrition amid the current humanitarian crisis.
Meanwhile, the mobile medical clinics of KSrelief provided treatment services for 3,509 patients in the Hodeidah governorate.
The clinics include the epidemiology clinic, emergency clinic, internal medicine clinic, children’s clinic, reproductive health clinic, nutritional therapy clinic, immunization clinic, awareness and education clinic, and surgery and surgical dressing department.
Yemen is among the top beneficiaries of KSrelief assistance. In total, the center has implemented 629 projects in Yemen for a total cost of more than $3.9 billion.
The center’s programs cover food security, water sanitation and hygiene, health, education, emergency aid and nutrition.
