- Yemen is a nation whose people are significantly affected by lack of access to clean water. Children all over the world are getting sickened with the disease of cholera. There have been 360,000 suspected cholera cases in just 3 months. Along with this horrible disease. A cholera epidemic started to spread in April 2018 and more than 2,000 people have died so far died.
- "Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the toxigenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1 or O139. An estimated 2.9 million cases and 95,000 deaths occur each year around the world. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but can sometimes be severe. Approximately one in 10 (10%) infected persons will have severe disease characterized by profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps. In these people, rapid loss of body fluids leads to dehydration and shock. Without treatment, death can occur within hours."
- "N'DJAMENA, Chad, 17 February 2012 – While N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, bakes in the midday heat, Aisha Adoum uses the harsh sun to dry tomatoes, ochre and berries for the market. It is the dry season here, with dust coating everything. Children find relief playing in the low and polluted lakes and rivers, alongside carpet washers. Clean water is high in demand and the children in Chad are being severely injured and are dying. Access to safe drinking water and sanitation services in Chad is among the lowest in the world, a major factor in the country's recurrent outbreaks of diseases like polio, meningitis and cholera." -reliefweb