Yemen

At your next meal, you could take in an infant child in Yemen who needs plumpy'nut to prevent potentially deadly malnutrition

Dr. Rajia Sharhan witnesses this crisis unfold daily as a nutrition specialist for UNICEF Yemen.

Geert Cappelaere, director of UNICEF in Yemen, discusses the fast-developing humanitarian crisis and how we can take action.

The low funding for WFP Yemen unfolded at the same time food prices increased during political instability

Before this year's political unrest and violence unfolded, Yemen was already suffering a humanitarian crisis with high rates of child malnutrition

Children in Yemen are wasting away as conflict and a struggle for power continue in the beleaguered country

WFP director Josette Sheeran warns of the hunger threat in Yemen

Over one million Yemenis did not receive emergency food rations in September because of low funding for the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

While there is increasing international focus on Yemen with its political struggles and Al Qaeda presence, this has not translated into support for child feeding and rehabilitation.

Millions of Yemenis are already deeply mired in hunger and poverty. Many are getting by on very little sustenance as it is. A civil war will push Yemen closer and closer to famine.

But while the military component of the U.S. response in Yemen is surging, hunger relief plans, including life-saving interventions for infants, remain low on funding

It's critical when having the discussion of Yemen to also go beyond Al Qaeda and the political turmoil.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says it needs almost $60 million for its 2011 relief operation to help feed the hungry in Yemen

The political crisis needs to get resolved quickly and peacefully. But Yemen clearly needs more. Child hunger takes center stage.

When health interventions can be applied, they are enormously successful. Take for instance the miracle food plumpy'nut, which needs to be in full supply in Yemen to treat child malnutrition.

All it takes is for a few in power to decide to take action to save the children and save Yemen.

But for a newborn child in Yemen, the greatest danger lies in lack of nutrition, for their future hinges on whether they can receive it.

Hunger has only intensified in Yemen since the political unrest unfolded between President Saleh's regime and those seeking his removal

Food prices are skyrocketing in Yemen. Yemeni families are being forced to skip meals or divert money from health care just to afford bread.

Of all the turmoil facing Yemen, from Al Qaeda to political unrest, it is hunger which might topple the country.

President Obama was overheard Wednesday evening telling his top aide that the White House would soon be using the US Oil Reserves to cover Libya, Yemen, Pakistan and the entire Middle East.

The poorest in Yemen have now opted for negative coping mechanisms, such as reducing number of meals, no consumption of meat/fish, and even fasting.

President Obama's secret war with Yemen. When the war began and how the war is now being intensified.

Here is what you can do to help aid agencies working in Yemen. Even a donation of a dollar can buy several servings of a food like plumpynut.

The Sa'ada region is desperately in need of food aid, medical supplies, reconstruction and a lasting peace

The smallest children in Yemen have their own struggle against deadly malnutrition. Yemen has one of the highest child malnutrition rates in the world

Support the basics in Yemen. Fund the relief programs by aid agencies. Devise a plan that provides long-term solutions to the crushing poverty in the country

The charity Save the Children is starting an initiative to help impoverished families in Northern Yemen put food on the table

We are missing one golden opportunity by not fully supporting the WFP hunger relief mission in Yemen

How many people know that the WFP food for education program in Yemen has only had one limited distribution since June 2009

Food safety nets for Yemenis will play a vital, stabilizing role as the country continues to sort out its political problems. Without these safety nets, it will compound an already tense situation.