Yemen: Strong increase in deaths from cholera and deaths in Yemen

About one-third of reported cases are children under five, the statement said, noting that this occurred two years after the generalized outbreak in Yemen, where more than one million cases of cholera have been reported .

"The number of suspected cases of cholera will increase with the onset of the rainy season early this year, at a time when basic services including water supply systems and water systems will be needed. water supply, have collapsed, "the statement said.

The situation is aggravated by the poor conditions of sewage systems, the use of contaminated water in agriculture, the lack of electricity to store food and the the displacement of families fleeing violence, especially in Hodeidah and Taiz.

The declaration highlighted the establishment of 413 diarrhea and oral rehydration treatment centers in 147 priority areas, while the partners were reforming the water and sanitation systems. He added:

"In recent weeks, we have intensified chlorination to purify water in 95 priority districts and provided fuel and spares to prevent a further collapse of the water and sanitation networks. ; sanitation ". The Oral Cholera Vaccine Campaign has reached more than 400,000 people Since the beginning of 2019, the community awareness campaign has reached 600,000 people in several home-based areas, in order to provide families with hygiene practices, improved reporting methods and symptoms. "

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are committed to continuing to expand the response to prevent the spread of the disease and to make every effort to avoid the scenario of 2017. They must also face many challenges, including the intensification of fighting, the provision of help and bureaucratic obstacles to the provision of supplies and equipment. essential crews. Assistants in Yemen.

The statement calls on both organizations to lift all restrictions on their humanitarian operations to stop the spread of the disease and other assistance. They emphasized that their humanitarian teams should have access to all children, women and men in need of medical and other humanitarian assistance.

Both organizations renewed their call for an end to the fighting and the war:

"The time has come to end this four-year war … If that does not happen, Yemen will remain stuck in the clutches of disease and evil and sink deep into disasters. endless humanitarian aid, while the most vulnerable will pay the most expensive price. "