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Fighting Cholera While OCHA Says 400,000 At Risk

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Artibonite, Mirebalais, Partners in Health, Valerie Amos, Who, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Cholera, Cholera Death Toll, Un, Benefits of Breastfeeding, Paho, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Cholera Treatment Center in Mirebalais, Haiti. Photo Courtesy Andre Paultre On Monday the Haitian Ministry of Health (MSPP) reported 1,523 deaths ...

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CDC Says Haiti's Cholera Due to "One Event"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Artibonite, Cholera Outbreak, Mirebalais, Minustah, Centers for Disease Control, Un, Haiti, Usaid, State Department, Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network, Nepalese, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

SAINT-MARC, HAITI-- OCTOBER 25, 2010-Evca Dormevil, 5, of Grande-Saline Douin rests on a cot with tear streaked cheeks as she receives fluids throug...

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Haiti: Tracking the Trail of Cholera in Artibonite

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Aid, Artibonite, Doctors Without Borders, Mirebalais, Social Networking, Transparency in Aid, United Nations, Port-Au-Prince, Twitter, Annapurna Nepalese Camp, Cuba, Cholera, Paho, Haiti, Google, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

The last figures on the cholera epidemic indicate over 11,000 cases and 724 deaths. The mortality rate is approaching 7 percent, up from 6 percent a f...

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The Dichotomy of Haiti: Hell Meets, well, Heaven

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Jeremie, Gateway to Haiti?S South, Togo, Cayes-Jacmel, Jacmel, Coffee Merchants, Sri Lanka, Mario Benjamin, Leogane, French Quarter, Citadelle, Ewe, West Africa, Artibonite, Kenscoff, Dante?S Inferno, Franketienne, Poverty, Caribbean, Neuschwannstein, Ghana, Earthquake, Benin, Oiww, Rene Preval, Southern Province, Tourism, Nobel Prize, Cap Haitien, Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Petionville, Gonaives, Petit-Goave, Saint-Marc, Port-Au-Prince, Central Plateau, Impact News
Jim Luce

There is a fundamental dichotomy in Haiti between Heaven and Hell. I chose to embrace its heaven while trying to eradicate its hell.

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Cholera in Haiti: "a disease of poverty"

Crossover Dreams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Artibonite, Epidemics, Partners in Health, Cholera, Port-Au-Prince, Drinking Water, Haiti, Sanitation, Lafiteau, World News
Crossover Dreams

Cholera is spread through the ingestion of contaminated water. Photo: United Nations By Peter Costantini Ansel Herz has filed three stories so far...

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Haiti: Cholera Outbreak Metaphor for No Accountability

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Aljazeera, Disaster Accountability Project, Earthquake, Twitter, Haiti, Sanitation, Ngo, Media Accountability, Disease, Haiti Disaster Relief, Homeless, Cholera, Google, Artibonite, Swana, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

It began as a trickle of questions and sketchy information last night. An email from a friend and colleague in Haiti: "Do you know what is happening a...

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