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Malnutrition and cholera 'a vicious combination' in war-torn Yemen - UN agency chiefs
Description: In Yemen, the world's worst cholera outbreak is unfolding amid the world's largest humanitarian crisis, crippling health, water and sanitation facilities in the country, and creating ideal conditions for diseases to spread. The country is on the brink of famine, with over 60 per cent of the population not knowing where their next meal will come from. Nearly two million Yemeni children are acutely malnourished, and malnutrition makes them more susceptible to cholera. [Source: United Nations]
URL: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=57252#.WXoIoraQxkh
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Source: United Nations
Publish Date: 7/26/2017
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