The United Arab Emirates, through its human arm, the Red Crescent Authority, has launched a campaign to treat and prevent cholera epidemic in the Hasayeb Al Qubba area of Al-Wazea'a Directorate in Taiz Governorate.
The UAE Red Crescent Society provided medical assistance distributed to the health centers in the Directorate of Al-Wazea'iya in order to control and eradicate the cholera epidemic. The six days of the campaign will include clearing a number of water wells and filling the marshes to get rid of the bacteria carrying the disease. The causes of cholera and its symptoms and sources of infection and methods of prevention through the distribution of awareness leaflets, along with the extension of medicines and tools for the purification of water.
The representative of the UAE Red Crescent in the western coast of Yemen said that the urgent intervention to treat cholera patients by sending medical teams and providing medicines for health centers and units. The campaign aims to get rid of this epidemic, which threatens the lives of residents of " And the oppressor, the axis, and the people, and the inventory of the dome "Directorate Directorate.
For his part, the Director General of the Directorate of Alazaiya Ahmad Abdu Al-Dharafi, said that the urgent intervention by the UAE Red Crescent to fight the disease, through sending teams and medical assistance to Gap leaflets raised awareness of the faces of Yemeni families who were in a state of panic and fear because of this epidemic, In addition to the health and education projects. It is the main water project that serves all the villages and districts of the Directorate, benefiting more than 50,000 people.
For his part, Director of the Office of Health and Population, Director of the Ministry of Health and Population Dr. Rabash Ahmed Saleh, the UAE Red Crescent, assigned a medical team to carry out treatment procedures for cholera cases, and provide medicines and medical supplies for health facilities in various areas of the Directorate as part of its comprehensive plan to eradicate the epidemic.
A number of Yemeni citizens praised the support provided by the UAE in all areas of health, education, relief and other service and development fields that contributed to the normalization of life and the return of stability to all liberated areas of Yemen.