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Haiti: Cholera cases double from previous year
Written by Samuel Maxime on 30 March 2015.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) - Experts say Cholera will continue to kill and infect citizens as long as they lack access to clean water and sanitation. This information comes as suspected cases and deaths have doubled in January and February compared to the year prior and twenty of the nation's communes are on red alert.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reports that during the first two months of this year, cholera cases totaled 7,225, including 86 deaths - higher than recorded during the same period in 2012 and 2014. The resurgence of the disease began in October of last year and has continued on.
In the communes on red alert, the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) says 440 cases have already been recorded for the 10th epidemiological week, March 3-9 2015. In certain critical communes, the numbers are: in Port-au-Prince, 65 cases, St Marc, 60 , Cabaret, 47 and in Tabarre, 40 cases...
Haiti: Cholera cases double from previous year
Written by Samuel Maxime on 30 March 2015.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) - Experts say Cholera will continue to kill and infect citizens as long as they lack access to clean water and sanitation. This information comes as suspected cases and deaths have doubled in January and February compared to the year prior and twenty of the nation's communes are on red alert.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reports that during the first two months of this year, cholera cases totaled 7,225, including 86 deaths - higher than recorded during the same period in 2012 and 2014. The resurgence of the disease began in October of last year and has continued on.
In the communes on red alert, the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) says 440 cases have already been recorded for the 10th epidemiological week, March 3-9 2015. In certain critical communes, the numbers are: in Port-au-Prince, 65 cases, St Marc, 60 , Cabaret, 47 and in Tabarre, 40 cases...
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