Workshop to Response Cholera Outbreak

Workshop to Response Cholera Outbreak

The International Youth Council – Yemen organizes a training course to response the cholera outbreak, in Sharab AaRouna district, TAIZ
The International Youth Council-Yemen (IYCY), held a training and awareness-raising activities, in Sharab AaRouna district, to response the spread of cholera and other fevers disease, which have recently spread Alagshoob sub-district, and have become a threat to the lives of the local population.

The training course, which was carried out by IYCY, in coordination with the district Health Office, aimed to train 13 trainees from the region’s volunteer teachers to raise awareness about prevention and control of acute diarrhea and feces to reduce the spread of cholera in the region.

During the course, presented by Dr. Saddam Husami, and Dr. Adib Al-Humeiri, Participants were given information about cholera and how to treat it, to reduce deaths, how to control infection in hospitals to reduce the spread of the disease and to protect health workers from the risk of infection.

“A select number of volunteer trainees have been selected selectively from outstanding teachers who have the ability to communicate and influence, so that they can educate the community on a large scale,” said course coordinator Dr. Adib Al-Humairi. Al-Humeiri added that “the targeting of Alagshoob sub-district comes because the spread of the epidemic is very large, and recorded a number of cases with cholera recently, the latest recorded a death case of last Friday.” “The death occurred because of the lack of awareness by means of prevention of the cholera epidemic,” he added. Al-Humiri thanked all those who contributed to the success of the training, especially IYCY.

It is worth mentioning that, the activities of IYCY to response to cholera not only to raise awareness, but began to distribute a number of oral solution and a number of chlorine tablets.