Yemen Now Faces 'The Worst Cholera Outbreak In The World,' U.N. Says
World health authorities say the war-torn nation now has upwards of 200,000 suspected cases, and that number is increasing at an average of 5,000 a day. A quarter of those who have died are children.
by Colin Dwyer
Jun 24, 2017
2 minutes
Seized by violence and teetering on the edge of famine, Yemen is grappling with another danger that threatens to outpace them both: cholera.
"We are now facing the worst cholera outbreak in the world," international health authorities said in a statement Saturday.
, executive director of UNICEF, and , director-general of the World Health
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