TEHRAN, May 14, YJC - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says cholera has claimed the lives of at least 115 people in Yemen and left thousands of others ill as hospitals struggle to cope with an influx of patients in the conflict-plagued impoverished Arab country.
TEHRAN, May 11, YJC - A cholera outbreak has been declared across war-torn Yemen. The death toll from the second wave of the outbreak is about to hit 40. As officials warn, the epidemic could spiral out of control if appropriate measures are not taken immediately. Our correspondent Mohammad al-Attab has discussed the issue with international officials and Yemeni doctors.
TEHRAN, May 7, YJC -Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said more than 570 suspected cases of cholera have been treated in Yemen during the past three weeks, some seven months after the outbreak of the infectious disease was declared in the conflict-plagued impoverished Arab country.
WASHINGTON, Oct 09, 2014 (AFP) - Haiti's cholera epidemic is still an emergency and a let up in response based on the decreasing number of cases could have "tragic consequences," a UN special envoy said Wednesday.