MOGADISHU, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Somalia and the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday they have ramped up response to tackle cholera outbreak in Somalia as death toll increased to 123 since January.
The Ministry of Health and Human Services and the WHO said in a joint epidemiological report released in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, that a total of 14,389 cholera cases with a one-percent case fatality rate have since been reported this year.
