Monday, 24 July 2017

PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (73): Asia (Yemen)

Cholera -- Yemen
Yemen's cholera outbreak is far from being controlled and may be further exacerbated by the rainy season, even if the rate of new cases appears to be slowing in some hotspots, the WHO said on Fri 21 Jul 2017.
Oxfam projected the number could rise to more than 600 000 cases, "the largest ever recorded in any country in a single year since records began", exceeding Haiti in 2011. Nigel Timmins, the charity's humanitarian director who has just returned from the country, said: "Cholera has

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