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A member of the Israeli team sent to Zambia that included two physicians and one water engineer, in Lusaka, Jan. 8, 2018. (Courtesy of Sheba Medical Center via JTA)
January 11, 2018, 4:29 am
Israeli hospital sends delegation to cholera-stricken Zambia
Sheba Medical Center assisting where 60 people have died and 2,500 are infected in outbreak
By Josefin Dolsten
Children play amid the rubble of a house destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike in Sana'a, Yemen, September 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
July 10, 2017, 8:44 pm
Yemen cholera outbreak tops 300,000 suspected cases
International Red Cross says epidemic ‘continues to spiral out of control’ since it erupted in war-torn country in April
By AFP
A Yemeni man suspected of being infected with cholera receives treatment at a hospital in Sanaa on May 12, 2017. (AFP /Mohammed HUWAIS)
May 15, 2017, 12:22 pm
War-torn Yemen declares fresh emergency with cholera outbreak
International Committee of the Red Cross says the disease has killed 115 and left 8,500 ill since April 27
By AFP
Ampoule of Dr. Waldemar Haffkine's original cholera vaccine. Letter on left was written in 1989 by Central Zionist Archives employee. Letter on right is believed to have been written by Haffkine. (Courtesy Tower of David Museum)
January 20, 2015, 2:32 am
Original cholera vaccine turns up in Jerusalem
Buried in archives for decades, glass ampoule from 1892 now on display
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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