Recent statistics showed an increase in cholera cases in Yemen, reaching nearly 38 thousand cases, since the beginning of this year 2024 AD, most of the cases in areas under the control of the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia.

The recent statistics were issued by the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Cluster (WASH Cluster) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in an infographic, showing that the number of cases reported by health authorities reached 37,977 suspected cases of cholera in all Yemeni governorates. During the period between January 1 and May 19, 2024 AD.

The data contained in the infographic confirmed that most of the recorded cases are located in the governorates under the control of the terrorist Houthi militia, indicating that at the forefront is Amran Governorate, in which the number of cases reached 5 thousand cases, followed by Hajjah, then Sana’a Governorate, Al Mahwit, and Al Bayda. Dhamar, Ibb, and Saada.

The data showed that the cluster partners were able to reach a total of 478,543 people with water, sanitation services and hygiene supplies in 115 areas and 79 sites for displaced persons most at risk of a cholera outbreak.

The new wave of cholera began to spread in the second half of last March, then witnessed a slight decline, but it rose again in the last two weeks of April and the first of May. According to international expectations, these cases may reach until the end of the year between (133 - 255) thousand cases throughout the country.