Republic of cholera .. Yemen who was happy

In response to a new outbreak of cholera in Yemen, the World Food Program warned of the threat of famine in the country, saying eight million Yemenis desperately need food aid to survive.

WFP official Francis Kennedy said infrastructure in many Yemeni areas had been badly damaged by the ongoing fighting. She stressed that the situation in Yemen calls for pressure on political parties to end the conflict.

It seems that the cholera epidemic in Yemen has been fertile ground to distribute death as it wishes. After experiencing a relative decline over the past months, it has re-emerged from the capital, Sana'a, through a number of other provinces.

One of the causes of the outbreak of the epidemic again: pollution of drinking water and the disappearance of therapeutic solutions from the market and the deterioration of the health sector due to the continuation of the war.

A week ago, the outbreak of the epidemic was marked by a new wave of cholera, the third of its kind, after the second wave, which began in late April last year, has killed more than 2,000 people, most of them children.

Hospitals and private medical centers in the capital Sana'a have reported an increase in cholera cases over the past two weeks.

Rain, shelling and hunger
According to a spokesman for the Yemeni Ministry of Health, the escalation of raids by the Saudi-UAE alliance has created the conditions that cause the outbreak of the epidemic again.

The outbreak coincides with the start of the rainy season and the continued blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia on the country.

For its part, the World Food Program reported that some 22 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including eight million needed urgent intervention in order to avoid the risk of dying from hunger.

In a new statement, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said health authorities and aid organizations worked around the clock to prevent a resurgence of the epidemic, but the deterioration of the health system and the country's continued conflict undermined these efforts.

The May 22 Center for the Treatment of Cholera in Sana'a warned of repeated outbreaks and appealed to health authorities and international organizations to expedite the provision of medicines and therapeutic and diagnostic supplies.