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The cumulative total of suspected cholera cases stands at 1 035 676 including 2244 associated deaths since April 2017. The overall case-fatality rate remains low (0.22%). </p> <p id="_mcePaste">A significant decline in reported cases and deaths has been noted compared to previous months. Among the 22 affected governorates, 5 governorates (Al Mahrah, Mokalla, Seyoun, Shabwah, and Abyan) have not reported cases for the past 2 weeks. </p> <p id="_mcePaste">The ongoing outbreak is attributed to destroyed/absent of health systems, lack of safe water and sanitation, and increasing malnutrition, which has raised the vulnerability of populations to diseases such as cholera and other vaccine-preventable diseases. </p> <p id="_mcePaste">WHO and health partners continue to support the Ministry in responding and containing the outbreak through technical and logistic support to improve the response efforts at the national and local levels. Humanitarian partners are building the capacity of the health workforce in case management, availability of safe water and community sensitization and mobilization for early reporting of cases to the health facilities to reduce the morbidity and spread of the disease.</p> <h4>Related link</h4> <p><a href="/health-topics/cholera-outbreak/outbreaks.html">Weekly cholera udpates</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="socialbar" class="sticky" style="height: 54px;"><a class="sharebtn">Share</a> <ul class="nobulls" style="display: none;"> <li><a class="ir facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=&t=" title="Share on Facebook" target="_blank" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Social media', 'Sharing', 'Facebook',,true]); window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=' + encodeURIComponent(document.URL) + '&t=' + encodeURIComponent(document.URL)); return false; ">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?" target="_blank" title="Tweet" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Social media', 'Sharing', 'Twitter',,true]); window.open('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=' + encodeURIComponent(jQuery('span.name').text()) + ':%20 ' + encodeURIComponent(document.URL)); return false;" target="_blank" class="ir twitter">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=" target="_blank" title="Share on Google+" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Social media', 'Sharing', 'Google+',,true]); window.open('https://plus.google.com/share?url=' + encodeURIComponent(document.URL)); return false; _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Social sharing', 'Google+',,true]);" target="_blank" class="ir googleplus">Google+</a></li><li><a class="ir recommend" title="Email a friend" href="#" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Social media', 'Sharing', 'Email',,true]); javascript:window.location='mailto:?subject=Page recommendation: ' + encodeURIComponent(document.title) + '&body=I’ve found an interesting page which I’d like to recommend to you: ' + window.location;"> </a></li></ul> </div>  </div>   </div>  <div class="section group"> <div id="footer" > <div id="footer-stage"> <div class="col span_2_of_6 footer-sitemap"> <h3>Site map</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/https:/www.emro.who.int/index.html">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/health-topics.html">Health topics</a></li> <li><a href="/entity/statistics/statistics.html">Data and statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/entity/media/introduction.html">Media centre</a></li> <li><a href="/entity/information-resources/index.html">Information resources</a></li> <li><a href="/countries.html">Countries</a></li> <li><a href="/programmes.html">Programmes</a></li> <li><a href="/entity/about-us/index.html">About us</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col span_2_of_6 footer-help"> <h3>Help and services</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/about-who/careers-at-who/">Careers</a></li> <li><a href="/copyright.html">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/privacy.html">Privacy</a></li> <li><a href="/contact-us.html">Contact us</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.who.int/about/cyber-security" target="_blank">Cyber security</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col span_2_of_6 footer-who"> <h3>WHO Offices</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.who.int" target="_blank">WHO headquarters</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.afro.who.int" target="_blank">WHO African Region</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.paho.org" target="_blank">WHO Region of the Americas</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.searo.who.int/en/" target="_blank">WHO South-East Asia Region</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.euro.who.int" target="_blank">WHO European Region</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wpro.who.int" target="_blank">WHO Western Pacific Region</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="span_footer"> <h3>Connect with us</h3> <ul class="footer-social-media"> <li><a class="footer-youtube" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT7a_fVlSrjOs9jyvtH-uhA">YouTube</a></li> <li><a class="footer-rss" href="/rss-feeds.html">RSS feeds</a></li> <li><a class="footer-twitter" href="https://twitter.com/whoemro" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a class="footer-facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/WHOEMRO?sk=wall" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="footer-copyright"><a href="/copyright.html">© WHO 2024</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-27821580-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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