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Haiti: UN urges investing in water to combat cholera

By admin | Published: January 12, 2012
11 January 2012 – Dramatic improvements in water and sanitation services are needed to eliminate cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, health experts who took part in a United Nations-organized briefing to outline concrete steps to stem the spread of the disease in the region said today. The event, organized by the UN World [...]
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Lest we forget: Haiti group sees jump in cholera cases in the Capital

By admin | Published: October 11, 2011
Haiti group sees jump in cholera cases in the Capital By Trenton Daniel Associated Press / October 10, 2011 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—The number of cholera cases seen in the Haitian capital has jumped about threefold in recent weeks, an official with a foreign aid group said Monday. Pascale Zintzen, deputy head of mission for Doctors Without [...]
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