[News] Yemen - 1 Million Cholera Cases Likely by Years End

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  1 Million Cholera Yemen Cases Likely by Years End

29 September 2017
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      With around 750,000 cases already, the unprecedented scale of the
      epidemic makes it “the worst in history,” according to the Red
      Cross representative.

In a grim prognosis of what is the “world's largest humanitarian crisis” 
in current days, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 
announced on Friday that they fear that there could be at least 
one-million cholera cases registered by the end of the year.

The high civilian casualties and cholera epidemic are caused by the use 
of “disproportionate force” and destruction of civilian infrastructure, 
Alexandre Faite, the head of the Yemen ICRC delegation said.

Yemen has been destroyed by a simultaneous blockade and vicious bombing 
campaign waged by a Saudi Arabian coalition backed by western 
governments such as the United States and United Kingdom.

According to Faite, there have been 750,000 suspected cases of cholera 
so far in the battered country, and at least 2,119 have died of the 
disease, which spreads due to lack of access to clean water and health 
facilities.

The unprecedented scale of the epidemic makes it “the worst in history,” 
according to the Red Cross representative.

Famine is also widespread, with as many as 7.3 million “on the brink,” 
Kate Gilmore, the United Nations deputy high commissioner for human 
rights said.

According to the United Nations, at least 10,000 people have been killed 
as a result of the Saudi Coalitions efforts to reinstall a government 
overthrown by Houthi rebels.


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