Mission Report, Yemen, June 2017

Since 27^th April 2017, a total of 116,772 suspected cases of cholera, with 859 deaths, Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 0.74% have been reported in 20 of the 22 governorates in the country (90%). Currently, the governorates with the highest caseload of suspected cholera cases are Al Hodeidah with 13,240 cases; Amana with 20,975 cases; Hajjah with 12,519 cases; Sana’a with 10,423 cases and Taiz with 8,351 cases. There are also high rates of acute watery diaherra (AWD) or Other Acute Diaherrea (OAD) being reported, with a total of 169,137 reported cases to date. Health facilities continue to report cases daily, with an estimated 2,000 new cases per day. Annex 1 highlights the accumulated caseload for suspected cases of cholera and AWD or OAD dated 27^th April through 4^th June 2017 (issued on 12^th June 2017).

The Integrated Response Plan for the cholera outbreak has been disseminated as of 23^rd May 2017 and outlines the plan for emergency Health, WASH and Communications interventions aimed at containment and prevention. The response plan outlines a funding requirement of 66.7 million USD to support interventions to be implemented for 6 months, from May to October 2017. Key activities include early detection, case management and infection control; preventative WASH. To date, a total of 99 CTCs of the planned 328 CTCs are functional (current capacity of 1,315 out of 6,542 beds) and 166 ORTCs of the planned 1,635 ORTCs are functional. The response is being led in a coordinated effort between the health authorities, including Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPHP) and Governorate Health Offices (GHO), WHO, UNICEF, Health and WASH Clusters and additional technical staff, under the framework of the national Cholera Taskforce. The taskforce is response for strategy and operational guidance to guide Health and WASH partners in the response, with regular reporting to all relevant stakeholders.

Due to the ensuing ‘second wave’ of the cholera outbreak in the country, a joint technical support mission by the Regional Office Health and WASH Experts was conducted with the aim of reviewing existing capacities and response, to support the possible adaption of ECHO’s programming. This included a detailed briefing with the ECHO country team, highlighting updates of the humanitarian context and Health and WASH cholera-related interventions in country to date.

WHO, Yemen. Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin. Electronic Integrated Disease Early Warning and Response System (eIDEWS), Vol. 5, Issue

22, Epi Week 22, 29^th May – 4^th June 2017 (issued on 12^th June 2017)

http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-cholera-outbreak-integrated-response-plan-23-may-2017