Yemen Cholera Outbreak: Governorate-Level Epidemiology 2017-2018

This dataset tracks suspected cholera cases, deaths, and attack rates across Yemen's Governorates from April 2017 to July 2018. Manually extracted from WHO Yemen epidemiology updates, the data provides sub-national health metrics during a major humanitarian crisis. It includes derived statistics such as case fatality rates and attack rates per 1,000 people.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the geographic spread of 'suspected cholera cases' across Yemen Governorates
• Calculating regional healthcare burden using 'case fatality rates' during the conflict
• Mapping the correlation between 'attack rates' and humanitarian access by region

Strengths

• Sub-national granularity at the Governorate level
• Includes derived metrics like case fatality and attack rates
• Sourced from official WHO Yemen epidemiology updates
• HXL-tagged for humanitarian data interoperability

Limitations

• Manual extraction from PDF reports may introduce transcription errors
• Data collection ended in July 2018
• Relies on 'suspected' cases which may include other diarrheal diseases

Provenance

Source

WHO Yemen (World Health Organization)

Collection Method

Manual extraction from daily and weekly epidemiology updates and situation reports

Time Range

2017-04-27 to 2018-07-07

Freshness

Historical data; the primary reporting period concluded in 2018.

Geography

Yemen (Governorate level)