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Existing DescriptionDr. Abdillahi Ali Musa checks up on his young patient, Madrid Mubarak Idris. Suffering from acute watery diarrhoea/cholera, he came into the clinic severely dehydrated and with a fever. After four days of treatment, he is finally on the mend.
In May 2017, the Somali Red Crescent, Canadian Red Cross and Norwegian Red Cross deployed a cholera treatment centre in response to rising cases of acute watery diarrhoea/cholera in Somaliland. The Red Cross and Red Crescent movement took a critical leading role in controlling the outbreak and bringing cases down from 200 patients a day during the peak in June to 5 - 6 cases a day as of October 2017.