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  • Touring a cholera clinic, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday hailed the news that the wave of cholera that has killed more than 4,000 Haitians since October is receding.
  • The number of new patients at the Cholera Treatment Center, managed by US government grantee Partners in Health, has been reduced by half to about 40 per day since the start of the epidemic, a State Department official said.
  • The death toll from Haiti's cholera epidemic is 4,030, the Haitian health ministry said Thursday, while the number of cholera cases totaled 209,034 as of January 24.
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Cholera under control in parts of Haiti - 0 views

  • Three Haitian provinces were able to contain a cholera epidemic that has claimed almost 4,000 lives in the Caribbean island nation since October, the government said Tuesday.
  • The number of cholera patients has been reduced in the provinces of North, Northeast and Artibonite, although there were still a few new cases reported in some other parts of the nation, according to Public Health Minister Alex Larsen.
  • Latest official statistics showed that cholera had killed 3,927 people and affected 199,497 others, of whom 112,656 were hospitalized.
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List of Nonprofit Organizations Helping Haiti | eHow.com - 0 views

  • HERO is a health and education relief organization that assists those devastated by natural disasters. The group helps with a variety of projects, including health, education and infrastructure. It has helped establish medical clinics and new hospitals, as well as schools in various parts of the country. Infrastructure programs have helped establish water supplies and improve transportation by re-creating a runway.
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Cholera in Haiti | CDC Travelers' Health - 0 views

  • An epidemic cholera strain has been confirmed in Haiti, causing the first cholera outbreak in Haiti in at least 100 years.
  • The majority of cases have been reported in the Artibonite Departmente, approximately 50 miles north of Port-au-Prince, although the outbreak has spread to all areas of the country. Affected hospitals are strained by the large number of people who are ill.
  • Most travelers are not at high risk for getting cholera, but people who are traveling to Haiti should still take their own supplies to help prevent the disease and to treat it. Items to pack include A prescription antibiotic to take in case of  diarrhea Water purification tablets* Oral rehydration salts*
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Haiti's cholera epidemic caused by weather, say scientists - SciDev.Net - 0 views

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  • "Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium responsible for cholera, may have been dormant in water until weather-related conditions caused it to multiply enough to constitute an infective dose if ingested by humans," said David Sack, a cholera specialist at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States
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  • outbreak of the deadly disease, cholera, has claimed the lives of
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  • Cholera victims await treatment in Haiti, where the disease has broken out due to a lack of sanitation and clean water following a de
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  • While cholera is a disease not common in Haiti, researchers have traced this outbreak to a strain of bacteria identical to one found in South Asia.
  • eports of cholera cases in the Dominican Republic and Florida
  • of cholera include diarrhea, high fever, vomiting and dehydration
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  • poor living conditions
  • its population of 10 million.
  • The government has launched a country-wide radio and television campaign encouraging Haitians to wash their hands and avoid contaminated water sources.
  • Contaminated water is a main culprit in transmitting cholera.
  • top priority in halting this crisis.
  • riots in two northern cities, Cap-Haitien and Port-de-Paix
  • Protestors are furious with a U.N. delegation from Nepal who they believe introduced this specific strand of cholera to the region.
  • Haiti is being closely monitored, as further crises could send a wave of refugees to the Florida coast.
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