The World Health Organisation and other global agencies have launched the first oral cholera vaccination campaign in Yemen, aiming to reach millions of people in the war-torn country. More than 2,200 people have died of the waterborne infection over the past year in Yemen, with another one million suspected cases across the country. After getting underway on Sunday, the campaign aims to reach Yemenis across the country, said Lorenzo Pezzoli, a cholera expert with WHO. Research published this month in The Lancet Global Health journal warned cholera could still infect millions as the rainy season advances. The conflict has pushed Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country, to the brink of famine.

Source: Punch May 07, 2018 14:48 UTC