Two thirds of the population do not have access to safe drinking water.
In the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, may 14 state of emergency in connection with the cholera epidemic, which claimed the lives of dozens of people.
The Ministry of health of Yemen called on humanitarian organizations to provide assistance to combat the epidemic, to avoid “unparalleled catastrophe.”
According to the Yemeni Saba Agency, the health care system in the country greatly suffered because of the conflict going on in Yemen for several years, and can not cope with the problem.
Only a few medical institutions in the country are still functioning, and two-thirds of the population do not have access to safe drinking water.
The Yemeni authorities first reported the outbreak in October 2016. According to who, in areas where high risk of infection, there are about 7.6 million people.
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