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Yemen Risks ‘Massive Resurgence’ of Cholera: Oxfam

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04/19/19
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Cholera cases in Yemen

Yemeni children believed to be infected with cholera receive treatment at a makeshift hospital in Sanaa. Photo: AFP

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Oxfam has warned that war-torn Yemen risks a “massive resurgence” of cholera, with around 195,000 suspected cases of the disease recorded so far this year.

“Fears that the world’s worst cholera outbreak could be set for a massive resurgence are growing,” the relief organization said Thursday.

It said aid agencies were struggling to reach suspected cases.

In a statement, Oxfam pointed to “fighting and restraints on access, including checkpoints and permit requirements imposed by the warring parties,” and warned the coming rainy season was likely to accelerate the spread of the disease.

Previously, the United Nations has said the U.S. backed, Saudi-led coalition’s bombing campaign has significantly contributed to the outbreak due to indiscriminate targeting of civilian infrastructure, including water treatment facilities.

The water-borne bacterial infection has claimed more than 3,000 lives in Yemen since the outbreak began in 2016, according to Oxfam.

At a medical center for the displaced in the government-held western town of Khokha, Qassem Suleiman had brought his son Alaa for tests after a serious case of diarrhea.

Doctor Wadah al-Tiri told AFP that several patients had been transferred to Aden while others had been treated at the Khokha center.

Yemen's war death toll reaches at least 70,000 – with more than 10,000 people reported killed over the last five months https://t.co/kPtDth9U6G pic.twitter.com/scK9kght8Z

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 19, 2019

He said a tent was to be set up for suspected cases.

The doctor said Yemen badly needed international aid to combat the epidemic.

The U.N.’s humanitarian coordination office OCHA said last month that children under the age of five make up nearly a third of this year’s cases.

The spike, which comes two years after Yemen suffered its worst cholera outbreak, was concentrated in six governorates including in the Red Sea port of Hodeida and Sanaa province, both combat zones, it said.

Yemen’s conflict, which pits Iran-linked rebels against a regional pro-government alliance led by Saudi Arabia, has left some 10,000 people dead since 2015 and pushed millions to the brink of famine.

Aid groups say the actual death toll could be five times as high.

The war has created the perfect environment for cholera to thrive, as civilians across the country lack access to clean water and health care.


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