MSF treated more than 75,000 cholera patients in Yemen

Médecins Sans Frontières International (MSF) revealed yesterday it had treated 75,000 cases of cholera in most of Yemen’s provinces since March.

In a report published on its Facebook page, the organisation said it had set up cholera treatment centres in nine Yemeni governorates: Amran, Hajjah, Dhale, Taiz, Ibb, Aden, Sana’a, Abyan and Al-Hudaydah.

The organisation said it has also distributed water treatment and hygiene kits in Wadi Osman and other neighbouring villages in the governorate of Amran, in addition to conducting educational sessions for the residents about cholera and how to prevent it.

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Sunday that 425,192 suspected cases of cholera have been reported in Yemen since 27 April. Some 1,895 people have been killed by the disease during the same period.