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Kuwait, April 13 (Xinhua) – Kuwait has launched an anti-cholera vaccination campaign in Taiz province, southern Yemen, to fight the epidemic, the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) said on Saturday. .
Maha Al-Barjas, secretary general of KRCS, said the campaign included the provision of hygiene, vaccine and medicine facilities as well as field training courses for health supervisors and volunteers. local district of Jabal Habashy in Taiz.
These efforts are aimed at alleviating the suffering of the population and combating the contagious disease, she added.
The health sector is one of the areas most severely affected by the conflict in Yemen, which has allowed the spread of cholera and other infectious diseases such as dengue, noted Al-Barjas.
The deadly cholera disease has affected most villages in Taiz in a "frightening" way, she said.
The cholera epidemic has been spreading in Yemen since October 2016, but the number of cholera cases re-emerged after April 2017 as the country's sewage system stopped functioning due to the war.
The epidemic in Yemen broke the world record with an infection of one million people and more than 2,000 have been confirmed dead since 2017, according to the World Health Organization.
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