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<p>The UK is extremely concerned about increased levels of food insecurity and risk
of famine in Yemen with 7 million people, including 2 million children, requiring
treatment for acute malnutrition. We are playing a leading role in combating hunger
in Yemen by committing £214 million this financial year (2020/21), £200m of which
has already been disbursed.</p><p>Our support will provide over 600,000 medical consultations,
train 1,500 healthcare workers to work safely in a COVID-19 environment and enable
nearly 600 health centres to continue providing existing health services. This financial
year (2020/21), UK aid to UNICEF has already helped to screen 450,000 children for
malnutrition and enrolled over 25,000 children on Severe and Acute Malnutrition treatment
programmes.</p><p>The UK will continue to urge the international community to step
up, including by urgently disbursing humanitarian funding. As penholder at the UN
Security Council we are leading efforts to encourage all parties to the conflict to
engage in new peace talks led by UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths.</p>
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