Emergency Cholera Outbreak Response
in Affected and High-Risk Areas in Yemen

    Period

  • 2017


  1. 100656

    Targeted Group

  • Persons at risk of infection in the following three governorates:
    (Amran - Sana’a - Hajjah ) and targeting of Khamir District in Amran Governorate, Manakhah and Sa’fan Districts in Sanaa Governorate
     


  1. 100655

    Partner/Donor


  1. 100654

Objectives

Raising awareness about ways of transmission of disease and control and prevent cholera outbreaks in affected areas and prevent  further disease spread in at risk communities .

Outcomes

  • Treatment of more than 750 cholera patients in the health center of AGF  at the center of Abdul Qader Hilal.
  • Coordination with health offices at the district level and  recruiting and training field coordinators.
  • 10 training sessions were conducted and 90 health workers were trained.
  • 4,430 awareness sessions were conducted and the number of beneficiaries of these sessions was 95,181.
  • 18,000 publications and awareness brochures have been printed and distributed to raise awareness of cholera.
  • Holding 9 meetings with community leaders of the target governorates, attended by 135.
  • Distributing of 2,000 cholera kits  for 2,000 households.
  • The target number was 55,000 while the number of beneficiaries of the campaign was 95,000.
  • 95,000 beneficiaries of the project activities were targeted (out of 55,000 in the project plan).