The need concerns roughly 145 million dollars, corresponding to around 1.5 billion kroner.
The UN states that support is urgently needed for “1.4 million inhabitants who live in the most vulnerable areas”.
The epidemic outbreak is the first in three years after relatively successful control of the spread of cholera. About 10,000 people are believed to have died from cholera during an outbreak that began in 2010 and lasted eight years.