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.
by Sasha Ingber
Sep 09, 2017
4 minutes
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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