Wednesday, 17 May 2017

PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (29): Asia (Yemen)

Cholera, Diarrhea, Dysentery -- Yemen
A cholera outbreak in Yemen has killed 209 people in recent weeks with 17 200 suspected cases across the war-torn country, the United Nations children's agency said [Wed 17 May 2017]. UNICEF's Yemen mission said that there had been an "alarming increase" in cholera-related deaths.
The agency's Yemen spokesman Mohammed Al-Asaadi told AFP that 3000 new suspected cholera cases a day were being reported.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said [Mon 15 May 2017] that 184 people had

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