Global & Disaster Medicine

Yemen: Worst cholera outbreak in the world

July 17th, 2017

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• 332,658 suspected cholera cases and over 1,759 cholera deaths reported between 27 April and 13 July.

• Two million people more need assistance, bringing the number of people in need to 20.7 million from 18.8 million in January.

  • Children under 15 account for 40% of suspected cases and 1/4 of the deaths

 

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