Cholera Cases Exceed 1400 in Yemen as Saudi 19-Month Aggression Continues: WHO

The organization says the cholera suspected cases reached 1410 throughout Yemen in just three weeks since the UN first declared an outbreak of the disease.
 
The cases have been identified in ten Yemeni provinces but the provinces of Taizz, Aden, Lahij, Hudaydah and Sanaa have been the center of the epidemics, Tarik Jasarevic, a spokesperson for the United Nations health agency, told a news briefing in the Swiss city of Geneva.
 
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholera. It is a fast-developing infection that causes diarrhea, which can quickly lead to severe dehydration and death if treatment is not promptly provided.
 
The destruction of healthy water supply systems and the sewerage lines after months of Saudi airstrikes has caused a fast spread of the disease.
 
The comprehensive blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia also prevents transfer of urgently needed medical aids.
 
The WHO report added that children under the age of 10 account for half of the number of those who have contracted cholera.
 
Meanwhile, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says 7.4 million Yemen children are in dire need of medical help, and 370,000 run the risk of severe acute malnutrition.
 
Saudi Arabia launched its aggression against Yemen late in March 2015, in an unsuccessful bid to reinstate Riyadh-based Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who has resigned as Yemen’s president as well as to undermine the Ansarullah resistance movement.