(Port au Prince, 20 November 2010): The response to last week’s UN-led appeal for 164 million USD to fight cholera has so far been insufficient for an adequate response to the epidemic, the Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti said today.”While we are very grateful for the contributions received so far, both cash and in-kind, so far …
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MIAMI, USA (MCT) — As speculation grows that a deadly cholera outbreak came to Haiti through a filthy sewage tank used by United Nations soldiers from Nepal, health experts said Friday that the exact source of the disease may never be known. The outbreak has sparked more violent protests against peacekeepers, “The bottom line is we don’t …
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Residents afraid of catching cholera turned on a group of body collectors — and the photojournalists following them — Saturday, snatching the lead supervisor and beating him up before calling police. Members of a Haitian Ministry of Health body collection team prepare to remove the body of Nixon Merise,24, from his home to their vehicle …
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Haiti’s cholera epidemic caused by weather, say scientists: ” SciDev.Net: The La Niña weather phenomenon plus the plunge in water and sanitation quality following January’s earthquake may be to blame for the outbreak Weather conditions — not UN soldiers — may have triggered Haiti’s cholera epidemic, which has killed more than 1,000 people in less …
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More than 1,300 people have died in Haiti from an outbreak of cholera. Efforts to control the epidemic have been disrupted by riots against UN peacekeepers, who are being blamed for the outbreak Tuesday 23 November 2010 12.00 ESTLast modified on Thursday 22 October 201508.45 ED The body of a person whose death was possibly caused by …
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