Yemen cholera and diphtheria: ‘The ongoing war and blockade are sending Yemen’s health system decades back in time’

While the cholera outbreak appears to be slowing in war-torn Yemen, with the number of cases closing in on 1 million since April, diphtheria has raised it's ugly head in the country for the first time in a quarter century and even longer since the last outbreak. According to Mi(C)decins Sans Frontiires (MSF), as of Dec. ["]

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