nawal al maghafi travelled to the remote village of beit al haboob — where more than a0 people have contractedtains, beit al haboob has mostly been spared the violence of yemen's civil war, but not its consequences. the people in this isolated village, halfway between the warring cities of sana'a and aden, have endured starvation, cholera, have had no schools and no healthcare. now they face a new and entirely preventable threat. 14—year—old raqma has diphtheria, a bacterial infection of the throat. if left untreated, it can kill within days. it's been virtually eradicated in most of the world, but has now come to yemen. translation: at first she had a really bad fever, then someone in the village died. suddenly, a second person died from a sore throat. my daughter was terrified, she said, "mum, my whole throat is white." it was so scary. this is what it looked like. translation: when i see my children helpless and sick, it breaks my heart. my daughter will die and we have nothing to treat her with. the outbreak was made worse by a blockade imposed by saudi arabia, which delayed medicines gett