A/HRC/36/33 Annex I Additional information on the situation in Yemen Humanitarian situation1 1. Since 27 April 2017, a cholera epidemic has swept through Yemen at an unprecedented scale. As of mid-August 2017, there were more than 500,000 suspected cases and 1,930 related deaths across the country. More than one third of all suspected cases affected children. The risk of the epidemic spreading further was significant, as health and sanitation systems had collapsed or were unable to cope. Nearly half of all health facilities were non-functional, with 14.8 million people lacking access to basic health care and 14.5 million people without consistent access to clean water and sanitation. Every 10 minutes, a child under the age of 5 died of a preventable disease such as cholera, measles or polio. 2. The current level of hunger in Yemen was also unprecedented. As of June 2017, 17.1 million people in the country were food insecure. Of those, 7.3 million — more than one in four — were severely food insecure, meaning that they relied entirely on external assistance and were on the brink of famine. In a country that was previously nearly 90 per cent dependent on imported food, there was no longer enough. Where food was available in the markets, people could not afford to buy. Malnutrition increased susceptibility to disease. 3. More than three million people had fled their homes to seek safety during the conflict; one million of them had returned, but often to find their homes and livelihoods destroyed, as well as lurking threats of unexploded ordnance. Of the two million who remained displaced, 81 per cent had been displaced for more than one year. Nearly 75 per cent of the displaced were from Taizz, Hajjah and Sa’ada governorates and Sana’a city, where the conflict had hit the hardest. Shelling 4. On 5 July 2016, in Marib city, Marib Governorate, mortar shelling struck a residential neighbourhood, killing 8 children and injuring 12 other civilians, including 2 women and 7 children. Witnesses told OHCHR that the shelling had come from an area 25 kilometres to the west, where Houthi/Saleh forces were positioned. At the time, proGovernment forces controlled Marib city. Local residents told OHCHR that a military camp was located about 3 kilometres to the east of the area impacted. In addition to the civilian casualties, 5 homes were totally damaged and 30 were partially destroyed as a result of the attack. 5. On 16 January 2017, in Al-Mawjer village, Maqbanah district, Taizz Governorate, mortar shelling struck a residential building, killing five civilians, including two women and two children, and injuring five civilians, including two women and three children. The building was completely destroyed. Witnesses told OHCHR that the mortar came from the mountain, which was controlled at the time by Houthi/Saleh forces, while the area hit was controlled by pro-Government forces. 6. On 1 February 2017, in Majzar district, Marib Governorate, two mortar shells struck Al Khaniq camp for internally displaced persons, killing two civilians and injuring four others, including two women and two children. According to witnesses, the shelling, which struck three tents inside the camp, came from the Sareem area in a neighbouring district that was controlled by Houthi/Saleh forcest. 7. On 12 February 2017, in Qa’atabah city, Qa’atabah district, Al-Dhale’e governorate, mortar shelling struck a residential area, injuring four civilians, including three children who had been playing in front of their home. Two of the injured — one adult and one girl 1 18 All the information in this section was provided by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.