The WHO reports that suspected cholera cases in Yemen have tripled in three weeks as renewed fighting drives displacement to unsanitary camps. This year's total is 8,034 cases and 27 deaths, with a quarter in the last month.
01Summary
- 01Suspected cases rose from 217 in the week of September 6-12 to 647 in the week of September 27 to October 3.
- 02Eight thousand and thirty-four suspected cases and 27 deaths have been reported in Yemen this year, with a quarter in the past four weeks.
- 03Five governorates in the southwest – Abyan, Lahij, al-Dhalea, Taiz and Aden – account for 92 percent of cases.
- 04Renewed fighting since July has pushed more than 200,000 people to flee their homes.
- 05The WHO has secured only $3.78m of the $31m needed for its 90-day emergency response in Yemen.
02Why it matters
This story matters because a preventable disease is spreading rapidly among displaced populations, and without urgent funding and access to clean water and health services, outbreaks could escalate further, worsening Yemen's humanitarian crisis.
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