YEMEN / WATER SYSTEM ATTACKS

In a statement, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore said “attacks on water infrastructure jeopardize efforts to prevent another outbreak of cholera and acute watery diarrhoea in Yemen.” UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:29
• Production Date: 1 August 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: HENRIETTA FORE
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; DISEASE PREVENTION; WATER
• Geographic Subject: YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2211554
• Parent Id: 2211554
• Alternate Title: unifeed180801c

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STORY: YEMEN / WATER SYSTEM ATTACKS
TRT: 02:29
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: CREDIT UNICEF FOOTAGE ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

Shotlist

FILE – UNICEF - 27 JUNE 2018, SANA’A, YEMEN

1. Various shots, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore visiting a water pumping and storage station

FILE – UNICEF - RECENT, YEMEN

2. Various shots, water distribution points

Storyline

In a statement, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore today (1 Aug) said “attacks on water infrastructure jeopardize efforts to prevent another outbreak of cholera and acute watery diarrhoea in Yemen.”

The UNICEF chief, who recently visited Yemen, said that the country was “already facing a severe shortage of drinking water, which is directly linked to outbreaks of cholera and acute watery diarrhea,” underscoring that attacks on water infrastructure “jeopardize efforts to prevent another outbreak of cholera and acute watery diarrhoea in Yemen.”

On Saturday, a UNICEF-supported sanitation centre in the Zabid District came under attack, damaging the facility’s fuel tank. A day earlier, the al-Mina District water station ¬was hit, which is the main source of water for the key port city¬.

Overall, 22 million people need some kind of assistance in Yemen after years of grinding conflict between government and Saudi-led coalition forces, who’ve been battling Houthi rebels for control of the country.