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The political determinants of the cholera outbreak in Yemen

At the end of June, 2017, UNICEF and WHO released a statement declaring that Yemen is “facing the worst cholera outbreak in the world”.1 The statement points out that the outbreak is caused by the civil war that began in 2015, but it does…

More Than 500,000 Infected With Cholera in Yemen

Civilization of Development and Freedoms Cholera is a endemic disease in Yemen, located on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula and across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia. But the disease, caused by bacteria in contaminated water, has…

Meningitis Now Spreading in Yemen: United Nations

The United Nations says meningitis is spreading in Yemen as well as the cholera epidemic after the health system and water supply networks massively collapsed.  “Over the past two weeks, in addition to the cholera epidemic, we have been…