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Oxfam Italy said Yemen is one of the two hardest-hit countries in terms of humanitarian crises currently underway worldwide apart from Syria.
It has launched a campaign called "Water Saves Lives" that is focused on the critical role of water resources in war-torn and post-conflict areas.
On the fourth anniversary of the start of the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen against the Houthi revolutionaries, Oxfam said "the population of Yemen is fighting for survival in the worst humanitarian crisis in the world".
The international NGO said in a statement that "over 17,000 civilians have been killed or wounded and nearly three million have had to leave their homes" between 2015 and now.
"In a country in which 24.1 million residents out of 28.5 million depend on humanitarian aid for survival, the destruction of hospitals, water infrastructure, and the intermittent closure of the main ports and supply points for basic necessities have resulted in nearly 18 million men, women, and children without almost any source of safe water or basic sanitary services," Oxfam said.
It said this has caused "since mid-2017, the most serious cholera epidemic ever, which has thus far infected more than 1.3 million Yemenis".
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
