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Health authorities in Marib governorate in eastern Yemen reported 132 dengue cases in several districts of the province in recent weeks
. The director of the Marib Bureau of Health and Population, Abdul Aziz al-Shaddadi, said 130 cases of the disease, noting that the disease began to spread widely in various districts of the province and some other diseases.
He added to the "New Arab" that the Marib Health Bureau suffers from lack of potential and the exceptional situation Especially with the apparent weakness of the interventions of international organizations in the province.
Al-Shaddadi called on international organizations to respond quickly to basic needs for vector education, prevention and control, and to provide citizens with basic treatment against epidemics. "The Bureau" is struggling to reach the international organizations involved in supporting and badisting in the fight against diseases. "The Health Bureau is suffering from a lack of resources," he said. He stressed the existence of activities to stem the disease, through "the implementation of a spraying campaign of mosquitoes carrying the disease in the coming days."
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The Bureau, through a statement received by the" New Arab "copy, issued a distress call to official and governmental bodies and international and local organizations to urgently intervene to to deal with the Dengue fever that began to spread 002] In the context, Dr. Fahd Mahmoud explained that dengue fever is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes that live in or near homes and breed in open water as Uncovered water tanks, stagnant sewage, Marib According to the World Health Organization, the current crisis in Yemen has severely affected access to water. water and sanitation as well as preventive and clinical services, noting in a previous report that this situation "has led to an increase in the number of mosquitoes. Increase the risk of epidemics and epidemics, particularly among displaced persons and major sectors of the population affected by the crisis. "
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