Amid regional and sectarian infighting, Yemen is battling a cholera outbreak that has led to more than 500,000 suspected cases, according to the World Health Organization. (The Washington Post)CAIRO — By last December, the main hospital in the city of Hajjah in northern Yemen had already received 200 suspected cases of cholera. The patients were being treated at a month-old cholera center supported by the World Health Organization. Today, the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has reached half a million and nearly 2,000 people have died, the WHO recently reported. The hunger crisis is propelling the country toward famine, leaving even more of the population vulnerable to diseases such as cholera.

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2017 06:56 UTC