Yemen Cholera Outbreak.
According to the World Health Organisation, from 27 April to 29 July 2017, 425.192 suspected cholera cases and 1.895 deaths would have been reported in almost all of Yemen’s governorates.
What is Cholera?
In Yemen, collapsing health, water and sanitation systems have cut off 14.5 million people from regular access to clean water and sanitation, increasing the ability of diseases to spread.
Therefore, more than 1.8 million children already suffer from acute malnutrition.
In order to contain, combat and prevent the spread of cholera in affected areas of Yemen, ACTED provides joint emergency assistance and prevention interventions at both community and household levels: On the one hand, ACTED distributes cholera prevention hygiene kits, containing a supply of chlorine tablets, soap, and jerry cans to families in cholera-affected communities with confirmed and suspected cases of cholera.
Jointly, ACTED distributes specific hygiene kits to health facilities, ensuring the relevant staff and leaders in communities are also fully aware and trained on hygiene and infection control.
With OCHA’s support, as well as in-kind donations from UNICEF, ACTED has been able to provide emergency relief to cholera-affected communities in four Governorates.
Since the end of April, ACTED has distributed essential hygiene items (soap, jerry cans, washing powder, aquatabs) to 5,154 families in Ibb Governorate, to 960 families in Al Dhale’e Governorate, to 2,000 families in Al Hudaydah Governorate, as well as to 1,805 families in Raymah.
ACTED aims to reach 644,350 people with water, hygiene and sanitation services through repair/rehabilitation/augmentation of rural and urban water and sanitation systems, as well as through delivering of essential hygiene items and trainings, particularly in areas with high food insecurity rates and those affected by cholera outbreak.