Diphtheria -- Yemen
A diphtheria outbreak has killed 84 people in war-torn Yemen since late October [2017], according to the World Health Organization (WHO) on [Tue 3 Apr 2018]. In a statement, the UN agency said some 1516 suspected cases of diphtheria have been registered in 20 of Yemen's 23 provinces. It listed Ibb and al-Hodeidah provinces in central and western Yemen as the hardest-hit by the disease.
Yemeni health authorities have recently launched a major vaccination campaign across the country in an
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5726972&promed&0
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