ReviewBMC public health2018
The cholera outbreak in Yemen: lessons learned and way forward.
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Impact of War on Asthma, a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: An EAACI Task Force Report.Allergy · 2026Pooled it
- Determinants of cholera among affected population of Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Cholera diagnosis in human stool and detection in water: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- The practice of evaluating epidemic response in humanitarian and low-income settings: a systematic review.BMC medicine · 2020Pooled it
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- Prevalence and diversity of enteric pathogens among cholera treatment centre patients with acute diarrhea in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Trial
- Epidemiological characteristics and outcomes of the 2023-2024 cholera outbreak in South Yemen: a retrospective descriptive study from MSF-supported centres.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Gaza Strip: Epidemiological Drivers, Health System Disruptions, and Global Implications: A Narrative Review.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Multilevel analysis of improved water utilization and associated factors in Yemen: using 2013 DHS Yemen national dataset.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Epidemiological investigation of a cholera outbreak and its socioeconomic determinants in southwest state, Somalia, January - August, 2024.Conflict and health · 2025Article
- Healthcare accessibility in Yemen's conflict zones: comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutions.Conflict and health · 2025Review
- Orally delivered toxin-binding protein protects against diarrhoea in a murine cholera model.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Future Issues in Global Health: Challenges and Conundrums.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- Public health implications of satellite-detected widespread damage to WASH infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Modeling the behavior of a generalized Cholera epidemic model with asymptomatic measures for early detection.PloS one · 2025Article
- Decision-making for childhood vaccination in crisis settings: a survey of practice & barriers.Conflict and health · 2024Article
- Attitude towards cholera vaccination and its related factors in Jordan amid the 2022 Middle East outbreak.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Flip bifurcation analysis and mathematical modeling of cholera disease by taking control measures.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Case-area targeted interventions during a large-scale cholera epidemic: A prospective cohort study in Northeast Nigeria.PLoS medicine · 2024Observational
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Abstract
The Yemen cholera outbreak has been driven by years of conflict and has now become the largest in epidemiologically recorded history with more than 1.2 million cases since the beginning of the outbreak in April, 2017. In this report we review and discuss the cholera management strategies applied by the major international humanitarian health organizations present in Yemen. We find the response by the organizations examined to have been more focused on case management than on outbreak prevention. Oral Cholera Vaccines (OCVs) were not delivered until nearly 16 months into the outbreak. A recent scale-up of the global OCV stockpile will hopefully allow for rapid mass deployment of the OCV in future humanitarian emergencies. Continuous funding to this stockpile will be crucial to maintain this option for prevention and control of cholera outbreaks. Of equal importance will be the timely recognition of the need for mass OCV deployment and development of more specific, comprehensive and actionable evidence-based frameworks to help guide this decision, however difficult this may be. The outbreak highlights the importance for international humanitarian health organizations to have a continuous discussion about whether and to what extent they should increase their focus on pre-emptively addressing the environmental determinants of communicable diseases in humanitarian emergencies. Strong advocacy from the public health community for peace and the protection of human health, by bringing to attention the public health impacts of armed conflict and keeping the world's political leaders accountable to their actions, will remain crucial.
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