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WHO warns diphtheria killing more Yemenis

Saturday, 06 January 2018 4:45 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 06 January 2018 4:45 PM ]

A Yemeni child suffering from diphtheria receives treatment at a hospital in the capital Sanaa on November 22, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Mohammed al-Attab
Press TV, Hudaydah

The World Health Organizations is warning of more deaths of Yemeni children due to an outbreak of diphtheria. A team from Press TV has visited one of the country’s worst-hit areas, Hudaydah. The region is struggling to contain cholera and now diphtheria outbreak but with a population of more than 3 million, it has only one functioning hospital. More details in the following report filed by Mohammed al-Attab.

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