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cholera in yemen

One child infected every 35 seconds in Yemen cholera crisis

Since Yemen’s cholera epidemic erupted in April 2017, a total of 1.2 million suspected cases have been reported with 2,515 deaths. To provide some perspective, there were only 172,000 cases reported globally to the World Health Organisation for all of 2015. Children under five represent 31.7% of the total suspected cases.
 
“Cholera only rears its head when there’s a complete and total breakdown in sanitation” states Tamer Kirolos, Save the Children’s country director for Yemen. 22 out of 23 governorates and 306 out of 333 districts in Yemen have been affected.
People who can’t afford food are less able to fight off diseases like cholera, and with Yemen on the edge of famine, that means a lot of people are at risk.
 
In October, more than 306,000 Yemenis, including over 164,000 children under the age of 15, were vaccinated against cholera as part of a joint WHO-UNICEF campaign during the pause in fighting known as ‘the Days of Tranquillity.’ 

internally displaced persons (IDPs)

10.4% of the total population of Yemen has experienced the shock of displacement

As of 01 April 2017, the TFPM has identified, 1,988,946 internally displaced persons (IDPs) (331,491 households) who have been displaced due to conflict since March 2015, dispersed across 21 governorates. For the same period, the TFPM has identified 900,258 returnees (150,043 households), across 19 governorates.
As a result, 10.4% of the total population of Yemen has experienced the shock of displacement due to conflict in the last 24 months

Water

10 million people are at risk of losing access to water

Ravaged by war, climate change, water shortage, and government mismanagement, Yemen is already in many ways a failed state. It will require immense assistance just to provide for its people’s basic needs in years to come.
Last month, the UN asked for an unprecedented $2.1 billion to help stave off the country’s “worst humanitarian crisis” ever. With foreign aid budgets being slashed globally, it is unclear if this money will ever arrive.