HAJJAH/HODEIDAH, YEMEN ¨C Ibrahim Ali al-Jadari¡¯s four teenage daughters lie at home on intravenous drips that will soon run out as they, like tens of thousands of other Yemenis, battle a seasonal surge of dengue fever.
Mosquito-borne dengue is the latest challenge facing Yemenis who have endured almost five years of a conflict that has killed thousands, pushed millions to the brink of famine and caused major cholera outbreaks.
¡°We don¡¯t have a penny to pay for (more) treatment. Our children are dying on their beds and we can¡¯t do a thing,¡± Jadari said from his makeshift home of rushes and canvas in the hills of Hajjah district, one of Yemen¡¯s poorest.
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