With funding from the Qatar Fund for Development, the Qatar Red Crescent launched the “Integrated Emergency Response to Cholera in Yemen” project, with the aim of strengthening medical capabilities in 26 medical facilities to combat the epidemic and limit its spread in 6 governorates, at a cost of one million and 825 thousand Qatari riyals.< /p>

To ensure the effectiveness and impact of the intervention, implementation sites were selected based on criteria including epidemic spread rates, high-priority areas for response, and the most affected population density in the governorates of Amanat Al-Asimah, Sana’a, Taiz, Hajjah, Al-Hudaydah, and Al-Dhale’e.

Over the course of 3 months, the project provides integrated medical support to operate 5 cholera centers to treat acute watery diarrhea, and establish 21 irrigation corners, to provide treatment, prevention and referral services, spread health awareness in the targeted facilities and nearby population centers, and provide medicines, medical supplies, hygiene tools, sterilization and rapid examination. And covering financial incentives for health staff, training volunteers to spread health awareness, in addition to distributing water purification filters to 200 families.

Earlier this year, Qatar Red Crescent carried out an urgent intervention to respond to the spread of the cholera epidemic, by establishing and supporting irrigation and oral perfusion therapy corners, providing medicines, medical supplies, operational expenses, and financial incentives for health and referral staff, in addition to enhancing community awareness in 5 medical facilities in Mubin District in Hajjah Governorate, northwestern Yemen.

This project, which lasted for 3 months, contributed to the treatment of 6,125 patients with acute watery diarrhea.