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Abstract
Outbreaks of infectious diarrhoeal diseases in Yemen, Somalia, and Ethiopia are devastating communities already suffering from conflict, drought, and potential famine, global health officials have warned. About 60% of the population is facing food insecurity, including 6·8 million people who are one step short of famine on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification. The surge in cases over the past month-which more than doubled the number of confirmed or suspected cases since the start of the outbreak and has now reached 19 of the country's 22 governorates-has forced aid workers to expand those efforts and sometimes pull resources from other responses. The humanitarian relief agency is providing safe drinking water and running hygiene promotion efforts.