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WHO: Diphtheria has infected at least 120 people since early November, and this will only worsen if health facilities don’t get the fuel they need. At least one million children are at risk of contracting the disease if vaccines and medicine continue to be denied entry

November 26th, 2017

“…..Eight million people in Yemen will be without running water within days as fuel runs out due to the Saudi-led coalition blockade of the country’s northern ports…….
They will join the almost 16 million people in Yemen who already cannot get clean piped water, leaving more than four in five people without a steady supply of clean water…..”

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WHO: Diphtheria has infected at least 120 people since early November, and this will only worsen if health facilities don’t get the fuel they need. At least one million children are at risk of contracting the disease if vaccines and medicine continue to be denied entry

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