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Yemen: More Than 900 Have Died in Ongoing Cholera Outbreak

HeadlineJun 14, 2017

This comes as the death toll from an escalating cholera outbreak in Yemen has now topped 900. More than a quarter of the victims were children. The U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing campaign and naval blockade has devastated Yemen’s sanitation, water and health infrastructure, with less than half of Yemen’s hospitals currently operational.

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