A cholrea patient lies on a bed as she receives medical care at a health center in the village of Islim, in the northwestern province of Hajjah, Yemen June 9, 2019. REUTERS/Eissa Alragehi
HAJJAH, Yemen (Reuters) - In the last two weeks Dr Asmahan Ahmed has seen a surge in suspected cholera cases arriving at her health centre in Abs, a small, Houthi-held town in northwest Yemen.
"Every day there are 30-50 cases, no fewer. Suddenly it became like this," she said in the 15-bed diarrhoea treatment centre.
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