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The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday it has the skills and tools to contain the cholera outbreak in Yemen.
"Preventable and preventable diseases such as cholera require a multi-sectoral approach, with the participation of society," said Ahmed al-Maqtari, WHO Regional Director for the Middle East.
World Health has recorded 166 cholera-related deaths in Yemen since the beginning of 2019, with more than 97,000 cases reported, a sign of a fourth wave of the epidemic.
During his visit to the oncology center of the Sanaa Republican Hospital, the researcher pointed out that 35,000 cancer patients in Yemen should receive specialized health care for life.
He stressed that cancer should not be a death sentence for the wounded.
He pointed out that severe acute malnutrition is threatening the lives of more than 360,000 children in Yemen.
"So far, the World Health Organization has managed to cure and save 12,000 children, but thousands of others are at risk," he said.
"We have yet to do more to save the lives of innocent trapped in this tragic crisis."
According to the same source, the World Health Organization on Thursday handed over two organs to hospitals in Sanaa and Aden to support the detection of cancer of women, considered the most vulnerable in the country.
"Both organs will dramatically improve the detection of breast cancer," said the WHO Regional Director for the Middle East.
For nearly four years, Yemen has waged a war between pro-government forces and Houthi militants accused of receiving support from Iran and controlling the provinces, including the capital Sanaa, since September 2014.
Since March 2015, an Arab military alliance led by Saudi Arabia has been supporting government forces facing the Houthis in a war that has left a serious humanitarian crisis, the worst in the world, according to a former UN report.
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