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PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (60): Asia (Yemen)
Diarrhea, Cholera, Dysentery -- YemenSeized by violence and teetering on the edge of famine, Yemen is grappling with another danger that threatens to outpace them both: cholera."We are now facing the worst cholera outbreak in the world," international health authorities said in a statement [Sat 24 Jun 2017]. Anthony Lake, executive director of UNICEF, and Margaret Chan, director-general of the WHO, say that "more than 1300 people have died -- one quarter of them children -- and the death toll is Read more [...]
