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To combat cholera in Yemen, one scientist goes back to basics

As epidemic rages on, health care system is close to collapse

Yemeni women waiting for charity water

FUELING THE FIRE  Women line up for clean water in war-torn Yemen, home to an ongoing cholera outbreak.

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By Cassie Martin

- More than 2 years ago

Rowa Mohammed Assayaghi teaches people how to wash their hands. In Yemen, that’s life-saving work.

The Middle Eastern country is facing the world’s largest cholera outbreak, with nearly 409,000 suspected cases and 1,885 deaths from late April to late July, the World Health Organization reports.