Statement by Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides on the cholera outbreak in Yemen

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Series Details STATEMENT/17/1449 (24.05.17)
Publication Date 24/05/2017
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On 24 May 2017 European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides made a statement about a cholera outbreak in Yemen.

As Yemen was facing a fast spreading Cholera outbreak of unprecedented scale the EU would increase its response with further funding to help those in need.

The outbreak was the second outbreak in less than a year to hit the war-ravaged country already facing one of the largest humanitarian crises.

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EU: EEAS: Yemen and the EU https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/1877/yemen-and-eu_en
ECFR: Report, 2017: Mapping the Yemen conflict (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/mapping-the-yemen-conflict-yemen-is-fast-becoming-a-global-not-regional-problem/
Chatham House: Expert Comment, 13.06.17: Yemen’s Cholera Outbreak Can Be Stopped https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/yemen-s-cholera-outbreak-can-be-stopped
European Commission: IP/17/1766, 23.06.17: EU scales up its assistance against cholera outbreak in Yemen http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1766_en.htm
Al Jazeera, 01.07.17: At least 1,500 people killed by cholera in Yemen: WHO http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/1500-people-killed-cholera-yemen-170701161004446.html
WHO: Programmes: Humanitarian Health Action: Crises: Yemen http://www.who.int/hac/crises/yem/en/
WHO: News, 24.06.17: Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake and WHO Director-General Margaret Chan on the cholera outbreak in Yemen as suspected cases exceed 200,000 http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2017/Cholera-Yemen/en/
The Guardian, 02.07.17: Yemen's cholera death toll rises to 1,500, says World Health Organisation https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/02/yemens-cholera-death-toll-rises-to-1500-says-world-health-organisation
The Guardian, 27.10.17: Yemen reels under the weight of brutal cholera outbreak – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2017/oct/27/yemen-cholera-epidemic-in-pictures
Chatham House: Expert Comment, 02.11.17: Yemen’s Health Crisis: How The World’s Largest Cholera Outbreak Unfolded https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/yemen-s-health-crisis-how-world-s-largest-cholera-outbreak-unfolded

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