Sunday, 26 November 2017

PRO/EDR> Diphtheria - Yemen (02): fatal

Diphtheria -- Yemen
Diphtheria has infected at least 120 people since early November 2017, and this will only worsen if health facilities don't get the fuel they need. At least one million children are at risk of contracting the disease if vaccines and medicine continue to be denied entry, according to the World Health Organization.
Stevenson [Shane Stevenson, Oxfam's country director in Yemen] said: "The longer the blockade continues, the more people need our help, but the less help we are able to offer. The

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2k31iOh

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