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Cholera outbreak – WHO and partners urgently require US$ 22.35 million to save lives and reduce suffering in Yemen

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Cholera outbreak – WHO and partners urgently require US$ 22.35 million to save lives and reduce suffering in Yemen

17 October 2016 – WHO and health partners urgently require support from the international donor community to contain the spread of acute watery diarrhoea/cholera in Yemen. A total of US$ 22.35  million is required, of which US$ 16.6 million is immediately required. More than 7.6 million people are living in the affected areas, and more than 3 million internally displaced persons are especially vulnerable to the outbreak. 

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