The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported a severe cholera outbreak in Yemen, revealing that the disease has claimed the lives of 680 individuals between March and September 2024. During this six-month period, approximately 186,000 suspected cholera...
On September 23, 2024, Yemen's Ministry of Public Health and Population announced preparations for a cholera vaccination campaign and readiness to address monkeypox and malnutrition cases along the western coast. The ministry also highlighted the funding gaps for health services resulting from...
On September 23, 2024, Yemen's Ministry of Public Health and Population announced preparations for a cholera vaccination campaign and readiness to address monkeypox and malnutrition cases along the western coast. The ministry also highlighted the funding gaps for health services resulting from...
A local official in Taiz Governorate, southwestern Yemen, reported on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, that the cholera epidemic in the province has claimed 36 lives and infected over 5,000 people since the beginning of the year. Tayser Al-Samie, the media official at the Taiz Health Office,...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced on Tuesday, August 27th, that 668 people have died from cholera in Yemen, with over 172,000 suspected cases reported since the beginning of 2024. UNICEF stated that "from the beginning of 2024 to August 18th, over 172,023 case...
The Director General of the Public Health and Population Office in Marib Governorate, Dr. Ahmed Al-Abbadi, inaugurated a cholera and acute watery diarrhea treatment center at the 26th of September Hospital in the Al-Jafina camp south of Marib City on Friday, July 19, 2024. The Yemeni News Agenc...
Medical sources have reported a surge in cholera cases in hospitals in Hajjah province, northern Yemen, raising concerns about a potential humanitarian crisis. Sources, who spoke to "Barran Press" on condition of anonymity for security reasons, revealed that a significant number of pa...
Medical sources in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, controlled by the Houthi group designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, reported a significant increase in cases of acute watery diarrhea on Thursday, July 4th, 2024. The sources told "Barran Press" that dozens of c...
Medical sources in Yemen's capital Sana'a have reported a "worrying" spread of cholera in the provinces of Sana'a and Amran, amidst a media blackout by the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by the international community. Speaking to "Barran Press&q...
A cholera outbreak in a village in Lahj Governorate, southern Yemen, has claimed the lives of two young men and sickened over 40 residents, according to medical sources. Widad Mohammed, the epidemiological surveillance coordinator at the Lahj Public Health Office, told "Barran Press" ...