Cholera count reaches 500 000 in Yemen
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Twenty ambulances, 100 cholera kits and other equipment, and 128 000 bags of intravenous fluids were among a 403-tonne WHO shipment that arrived in Yemen last month. But delivering medical supplies to vulnerable people across Yemen is a major logistical challenge in this conflictaffected country with its damaged port infrastructures. In June, outgoing WHO DirectorGeneral Margaret Chan and Execu...
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