Saturday, 13 May 2017

PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (25): Asia (Yemen)

Cholera, Diarrhea, Dysentery -- Yemen
A cholera outbreak in Yemen has killed 51 people since [Thu 27 Apr 2017], the WHO said on [Thu 11 May 2017], more than double the toll of 25 reported 3 days ago. WHO said there are 2752 suspected cholera cases and 58 more people have been confirmed as having the diarrheal disease.
An epidemic late in 2016 faded but outbreaks are frequent and made worse by the degrading of health and sanitation systems by more than 2 years of civil war that has also killed at least 10 000 people and

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2qeIahD

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