International Organization: 1,800 Children Are Born Daily in Yemen
The international organization Save the Children reported that approximately 1,800 children are born every day in Yemen under extremely harsh conditions, due to the ongoing conflict, worsening economic situation, and a severe shortage of humanitarian funding.
In a recent report, the organization explained that around 23,000 children — including 1,800 Yemeni children each day — are being born this year in areas affected by conflict or climate-related disasters worldwide. Many mothers are giving birth in tents or poorly equipped displacement camps, or within devastated communities.
According to an analysis conducted by the organization based on United Nations data, an estimated 7.7 million children — about 23,000 per day — were born in 43 humanitarian crises around the world during 2025 up to the end of November.
The organization added that many children “are fighting for survival from the moment they are born.”
Save the Children called on world leaders and decision-makers to increase funding for maternal, newborn, and child health, and to invest in the recruitment, training, and retention of health workers, particularly midwives, nurses, and community health workers.
It stressed that most newborn and maternal deaths are preventable through skilled support during childbirth and access to quality healthcare, emphasizing the need to ensure sustained funding for primary healthcare and to prevent aid cuts from putting children’s lives at risk.
The organization also urged the international community to take urgent political action to address conflicts and climate disasters that are destroying health systems, displacing families, and disrupting access to food and healthcare for mothers and children.
