Britain and the US have played “a crucial role” in creating conditions conducive to the catastrophic spread of cholera in Yemen, according to authors of a letter published in The Lancet. An analysis by the researchers at London’s Queen Mary University, found that eight of ten of Yemen’s cholera deaths occur in rebel-controlled areas. Combining
UK and US play ‘crucial role’ in creating conditions for spread of cholera in Yemen, say researchers
Half-a-million people in the country have been infected with the preventable disease. Last month, WHO estimated that around half of cases and a quarter of the dead were children under the age of 15.