Abu Dhabi - There have been 246,000 suspected cases of cholera across Yemen up to the end of June, since Iranian-backed Houthi militia deposed the legitimate and internationally recognised government, said Gulf News in an editorial published today. "That act of sedition has dragged the nation into a cycle of violence, creating the conditions where the waterborne disease thrives in the filth and chaos of displaced people crowded together in poor and unsanitary living conditions. According to officials at the World Health Organisation, the death toll from this cholera crisis has passed 1,500 and most of the victims are the young and vulnerable," it said. The paper noted that although medical and aid workers can easily treat the disease by providing life-saving fluids and anti-bacterial drugs, the difficulty in reaching isolated clusters and camps mean that thousands are at risk.
