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Mother Of 9 Goes Door-To-Door As Part Of Yemen's Anti-Cholera Brigade

Volunteers are the unsung heroes in slowing the spread of the disease in the world's worst cholera epidemic.
Faytha Ahmed Farj, a mother of nine, goes door-to-door in Sanaa, Yemen, to tell people how to avoid cholera — and what to do if they see symptoms.

How do you stop the world's worst cholera epidemic?

One way is to send volunteers door-to-door to tell people how they can avoid the disease and what to do if they suspect an infection.

That's what Faytha Ahmed Farj is doing. A 45-year-old mother of 9, Farj has never held a paying job but she's part of a nationwide campaign of volunteers fighting cholera.

Since April, more than across Yemen have been reported. There was a time when so many sick people were arriving at the cholera center of Alsadaqah Hospital in southern Yemen that patients had to

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