Progress made but challenges remain in life-saving cholera vaccination campaign for Hudaydah: UNICEF
Over a year after cholera broke out in Yemen, killing more than 2,000 people, the disease is back and spreading fast.
Once more, the key port city of Hudaydah — held by the Houthis, and the target of continued air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition to regain control of the city — is facing a deadly outbreak.
To mitigate the risks, the Ministry of Health and the UN launched a week-long cholera oral vaccination campaign to target the most vulnerable last Saturday.
Grant Philip Leaity, UNICEF’s Deputy Director for Emergency Programmes, told Yasmina Guerda about the progress made so far and the challenges teams still face on the ground.
Over a year after cholera broke out in Yemen, killing more than 2,000 people, the disease is back and spreading fast.
Once more, the key port city of Hudaydah — held by the Houthis, and the target of continued air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition to regain control of the city — is facing a deadly outbreak.
To mitigate the risks, the Ministry of Health and the UN launched a week-long cholera oral vaccination campaign to target the most vulnerable last Saturday.
Grant Philip Leaity, UNICEF’s Deputy Director for Emergency Programmes, told Yasmina Guerda about the progress made so far and the challenges teams still face on the ground.