WHO Must Take Steps To Minimize Toll Of Cholera Outbreak In Yemen

PLOS Blogs’ “Speaking of Medicine”: Cholera in Yemen: Why are vaccines not being used?
Lorenz von Seidlein, PLOS Medicine’s specialty consulting editor, discusses the current cholera outbreak in Yemen, including the lack of vaccinations in the region, and urges the WHO to provide technical and political leadership to respond to the situation (8/2).

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