PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (11): Asia (Yemen)

Cholera — Yemen
At least 195 000 suspected cases of cholera have been registered in Yemen since 1 Jan 2019 while more than 3000 people have died of the disease since 2016, according to an international aid NGO. “Some 195 000 people are suspected to have contracted the disease so far this year [2019], of whom more than 38 000 are in districts that are hard for aid agencies to reach,” Oxfam, a UK-based umbrella of charity organizations, said in a Thu 18 Apr 2019 statement. “More than 3000 people have died since