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Children gather in a poor neighbourhood in the Mawzaa village of the southern Yemeni province of Taiz July 1, 2012. One million Yemeni children face severe malnutrition within months as families struggle to pay for food in one of the Arab world's poorest countries, the U.N. World Food Programme has warned. Political turmoil has pushed Yemen to the brink of a humanitarian crisis and aid agencies estimate half the country's 24 million people are malnourished. Picture taken July 1, 2012. To match Interview YEMEN-HUNGER/ REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST HEALTH SOCIETY) - GM1E87J1TP801

Almost three quarters of deaths are now from non-communicable diseases, as stated in the Global Burden of Disease report. Image: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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