Malaria -- Yemen
After enduring 3 years of war, hunger and disease, Yemenis could now be at heightened risk of catching malaria due to a collapsing health care system, aid agencies said on Thursday [18 Jan 2018].
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that malaria cases rose in 2016 to 433 000 from 336 000 the year before.
Poor access to healthcare, clean water and sanitation put more people at risk of the life-threatening disease, according to aid agencies. "Yemen is living with the catastrophic
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5570813&promed&0
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