Yemeni boy fights malnutrition as hunger stalks nation's children


  • World
  • Thursday, 03 Dec 2020

FILE PHOTO: Malnourished boy Hassan Merzam Muhammad, lies on a bed at his house in Abs district of Hajjah province, Yemen July 17, 2020. REUTERS/Eissa Alragehi/File Photo NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

HAJJAH, Yemen (Reuters) - Four months ago 10-year-old Hassan Merzam Muhammad was so severely malnourished he was unable to walk or react, carried limp into a Yemeni clinic by his father.

Then, his image in one of Reuters pictures of the year helped draw world attention to his country's plight. Today, after treatment, he plays with a toy car, sits on a donkey and - mute since birth - uses hand signals and a smile to communicate.

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