Plight of seven-month-old Issa in Yemen highlights the heartbreaking cost of war | ITV News

When Yemen comes on the television it’s tempting to look away. It’s what a lot of governments around the world have done. The international community knows that Yemen is a disaster that’s happening, not waiting to happen. But providing help has got harder. Inevitably, as need at home has increased, the ability/will to assist Yemen has decreased correspondingly. Yemen tops the list of countries most dependent on other countries. Eighty per cent of its people need international aid to survive. Supplies are dwindling and not being replenished sufficiently. If the world’s richest and most peaceful countries are reeling as they confront coronavirus, what chance does Yemen have? It was a basket-case long before six years of war reduced its immunity level to zero. Malnutrition, the absence of sanitation and a bombed-out healthcare system have made Yemenis defenceless. Today we focus on a seven-month-old baby Issa Nasser, who was stricken with acute malnutrition. • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on Facebook:   / itvnews   Follow ITV News on Twitter:   / itvnews   Follow ITV News on Instagram:   / itvnews