Yemen crippled by war and disease

A nurse attending to a cholera-infected child at a treatment centre in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah in Yemen in October. Cholera flared up in April and spread rapidly, killing 2,227 people.
A nurse attending to a cholera-infected child at a treatment centre in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah in Yemen in October. Cholera flared up in April and spread rapidly, killing 2,227 people.PHOTO: REUTERS

Red Cross says suspected cholera cases hit 1 million, while 8 in 10 are short of food, water