The center works to educate and improve health behavior, hygiene and food safety, and environmental sanitation in the targeted governorates, to guarantee combat of the epidemic in targeted locations, to purchase infection control products (chlorine), protective equipment and to deliver them to health centers. King Salman Center for Relief, WHO Co-sign Project to Combat Cholera Epidemic, in Yemen 2 Riyadh The Kingdom was the first to respond to the United Nations appeals, in regard of the outbreak of Cholera, in Yemen, and donated $ 274 million, in this respect, he stressed. It was the first country to support Yemen and its people in this crisis, as Yemenis are suffering from difficult humanitarian conditions, and now, too, the Kingdom is first to rush to contain the cholera epidemic in Yemen. "We commend and appreciate the partnership with all United Nations agencies and international, regional and local organizations to look forward to the speedy implementation and use of all logistical solutions available, to alleviate the suffering of the people and save the lives of thousands of Yemeni souls, he stated. He also appealed to the international humanitarian community and UN organizations to stand with the Center in this campaign to prevent any attempt by the Houthi militias, which have already looted, obstructed and detained relief aid from reaching its beneficiaries, contrary to all laws and humanitarian norms. These militias, he pointed out, have caused deterioration of health and environmental services and environmental sanitation services, which led to the accumulation of waste in the provinces under their control and doubled the spread of cholera epidemic. For his part, the Head of the WHO Mission, in Yemen Dr. Nivio Zagaria said that the support of the center is very important for the organization to face the cholera epidemic, in Yemen, saying that: your support and support of others is important to us, but in particular your support is the most important, which we need to accelerate the urgent response to the epidemic, adding that: I agree with Your vision to fight against the epidemic, hoping for the extension of partnership that I have been working with for a year and a half, taking into consideration that we are starting to fight the disease, which has not reached its peak yet, and we seek to eliminate it, right out. You are right, Dr. Al-Rabi'ah to request and motivate the United Nations to speed up the urgent intervention, as the delay in confronting cholera, in Yemen, is very dangerous and that is the strong message we want to convey to the world, that all Yemenis are in need for the support of the international community, he concluded. -- SPA 02:08 LOCAL TIME 23:08 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w415344