Diphtheria -- Yemen
Yemen is already suffering from a devastating civil war and widespread hunger. Now, circumstances caused by the conflict have also paved the way for diphtheria to thrive. The airborne disease kills one of every 10 patients even with medical treatment, and most victims in Yemen receive too little, too late. And although diphtheria has been eradicated in many parts of the world through vaccination, the public health crisis caused by Yemen's war has let this infection flourish there for the 1st
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6218076&promed&0
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