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Media Roundtable: How COVID Worsened Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis & The Diaper Bank Surge In The US

  On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the new FRONTLINE documentary, Yemen's COVID Cover-Up, which focuses on how the coronavirus pandemic has deepened the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. 

Later in the show, we'll find out how the pandemic has increased demand at diaper banks across the US and resulted in a diaper backlog. One in three families could not afford diapers before the pandemic.

 

Guests:

Nawal al-Maghafi, award winning reporter and filmmaker, and FRONTLINE correspondent

Hannah Denham, national business reporter on The Washington Post's breaking news team

 

Web Resources:

FRONTLINE: Yemen's COVID Cover-Up

 

The Guardian: War and famine could wipe out the next generation of Yemenis

The Washington Post: Millions couldn’t afford diapers before the pandemic. Now, diaper banks can’t keep up.

Malihe Razazan is the senior producer of KALW's daily call-in program, Your Call.
Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.