On November 17, 2024, health authorities in Marib province launched a health awareness campaign regarding the cholera outbreak, which has resulted in 88 confirmed deaths and hundreds of suspected cases since the beginning of the year. The initiative will take place in over 100 schools, targeting a...
On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, the Public Health and Population Office in Taiz Governorate, located in southwestern Yemen, reported 43 deaths due to acute watery diarrhea and cholera since the beginning of the year. In a statement from the health office's media department, it was noted tha...
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...
The Swedish Public Health Agency announced on Thursday, August 15, 2024, the detection of the first case of monkeypox outside Africa caused by the new strain, which the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency on Wednesday. The agency stated in a press release that &qu...
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" ...