This video was filmed during September, 1989 when Pax Christi sent a
delegation to Haiti. It is a beginners film, one that unabashedly tries to
move the viewer to concern for and action on Haiti's behalf. There is a
need for this sort of film to introduce people Haiti who know little or
nothing of her. The film has a job to do. It does not concentrate on or
much mention the attractive features of Haiti. It sets out to show and
analyze Haiti's misery.
Approximately one in 20 (5%) infected persons will have severe disease characterized by profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps.
What is the treatment for cholera?
Patients can be treated with oral rehydration solution, a prepackaged mixture of sugar and salts to be mixed with water and drunk in large amounts. This solution is used throughout the world to treat diarrhea. Severe cases also require intravenous fluid replacement. With prompt rehydration, fewer than 1% of cholera patients die.
Cholera is most likely to be found and spread in places with inadequate water treatment, poor sanitation, and inadequate hygiene
Shellfish eaten raw have been a source of cholera
The disease is not likely to spread directly from one person to another; therefore, casual contact with an infected person is not a risk for becoming ill.
I’ve heard, and it can kill a person in four hours,
with more than 250 deaths and more than 3,100 confirmed cases, has been contained to the central rural regions around the Artibonite River, 60 miles north of the capital. But Port-au-Prince
sease has broken out due to a lack of sanitation and clean water following a de
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
Symptoms
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.
Corporate America has already pledged more than $40 million in donations to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.
U.S. companies had already pledged $1 million or more apiece to international relief organizations working in Haiti.
They include Amgen (AMGN, Fortune 500), Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500), and Coca-Cola (KO, Fortune 500). Time Warner (TWX, Fortune 500), the parent company of Fortune and CNNMoney, is also raising funds for the relief effort.
Wal-mart (WMT, Fortune 500), the world's largest retailer, has pledged $600,000 to support Red Cross emergency relief efforts in Haiti. The company also announced that it is sending $100,000 in pre-packaged food kits to Haiti at the request of the Red Cross.
Vodou music underwent major changes with the American invasion of 1915, vodou jazz develped as Haitians played it to reject the United States occupying soldiers.