WEBCLIP: Yemen - Cholera cases down. MSF Reduces Operational Repsonse - Oct 2017 (INT)

Ghassan Abou Chaar, MSF country representative in Yemen, explains that although the cholera epidemic is under control or maybe even finished, the healthcare situation in Yemen remains dire.

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WEBCLIP: Yemen - Cholera cases down. MSF Reduces Operational Repsonse - Oct 2017 (ENG)

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INTERVIEW: MSF able to reduce operational repsonse to cholera in Yemen - Oct 2017.

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF212931

Date taken / Date Recorded 25/10/2017 12:00 AM

Country Yemen

Commissioning section MSF-FRANCE

Photographer / videographer / producer Florian SERIEX

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Additional Information / Shotlist Ghassan Abou Chaar, MSF Country Representative in Yemen

The situation of cholera in Yemen today is hopefully starting to change.

Since August 2017 we've seen in all our treatment centres around the country that cases are dropping and the situation of the epidemic is getting under a bit more control. Starting from August 2017 MSF has started to decrease the capacity of its cholera treatment centres until now in October we have started closing down some of those centres. Although we think this is a good sign that numbers have decreased, and this epidemic is or could possibly be under control or finished, but we think that the situation is still very dire; The needs are still big and may have increased especially after this epidemic; The health system is still not able to respond to the basic needs of the population in Yemen and as we saw in this epidemic, the water and sanitation system of the country is also suffering from the impact of the war. There is a big need of increase of support in Yemen, especially in terms of provision of healthcare, and provision of quality healthcare, but also in terms of providing safe water for use, safe water for drinking for the population.

Today, Yemen is facing a lot of dangers in terms of epidemics – not only cholera but others such as possibly measles, malaria that is endemic in some areas of Yemen, but also others that we could not predict maybe today

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Cholera

Yemen

Cholera Treatment Centre

Media Interview