Cholera

Amid worsening famine and cholera in war-torn Yemen, the head of the United Nations migration agency has called for greater humanitarian access to enable relief workers reach those most in need and...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The majority of deaths from Yemen's cholera outbreak have occurred in rebel-controlled areas cut off from supplies due to airstrikes and blockades by a...

More than 500,000 people in Yemen are suspected of having cholera, the United Nations health agency said, warning that the disease is spreading quickly due to a lack of clean water or health access.

One year since Sana’a Airport was shut down, more Yemenis have died from not being able to travel for specialised medical care than those who have been killed by airstrikes.

Describing the situation in Yemen as “very bleak,” with “no end in sight,” a senior United Nations official envoy said the war-torn country, already reeling from malnutrition and dwindling health...

A Saudi-led military coalition and the government of Yemen denied four oil tankers access to a Yemeni port last week, a move that could hurt the flow of aid and exacerbate a cholera outbreak in the...

Yemen is facing the world's largest cholera outbreak, the United Nations health agency today warned, with 5,000 Yemenis falling sick every day – the majority of them children and the elderly.

A “race” is under way to contain the cholera epidemic in Yemen where 20 out of 22 governorates are affected, United Nations agencies said.

The situation facing children in Yemen is “extremely dire,” a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official warned, citing a dramatic increase in cases of malnutrition and a massive...

With about 70,000 cholera cases reported with nearly 600 fatalities in Yemen, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that an already dire situation for children is turning into a disaster.

As war-torn Yemen grapples with heavy rains, a collapsed healthcare system and crippled economy, a resurgent cholera outbreak has spread with “unprecedented” speed and taken medical professionals...