Cholera in Yemen: Death by numbers
Pakinam Amer
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that the number of suspected cholera cases in war-battered Yemen this year hit the half a million mark.
According to the same report, released this week, around 2,000 people died since April’s outbreak. The international organisation says that the deadly waterborne disease infects an estimated 5,000 people per day, and is still spreading fast.
Yemen’s healthcare system was already acutely under-developed before the country was plunged into the...