May 18, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Haiti Cholera Epidemic

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Baseball and Science in the Time of Cholera

Rishi Rattan | Posted 10.09.2012 | Impact

I admire my UN colleagues who tirelessly strive to create evidence-based solutions, reconciliation, and justice for Haiti, yet the UN's failure to acknowledge data impedes their own staff's progress.

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Cholera Epidemic in Haiti: A Human Rights Issue That Demands Attention

Yaniv Kleinman | Posted 09.23.2012 | Miami

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The devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010 will be forever remembered as one of the darkest moments in the country's history. As Haitians continue to recover, however, another force continues to take a sever human toll on Haitians.

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WHO: 500,000 Haiti Cholera Cases Likely By Year End

AP | Posted 12.21.2011 | World

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GENEVA — The World Health Organization says the number of cholera cases in Haiti is expected to exceed 500,000 by the end of 2011. The U.N. hea...

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Cholera In Haiti Slows But Could Surge

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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SAINT-MARC, Haiti — The cholera epidemic that has raged across this country is claiming fewer victims, with a sharp drop in new cases everywhere...

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Cholera In Haiti: A Look From The Trenches

Erin N. Marcus, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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To learn more about the current health situation in Haiti, I recently spoke with Dr. Andre Vulcain, co-director of the Justinien Hospital family medicine residency training program in Cap Haitien.

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Cholera In Haiti's Capital Prompt Doctors To Set Up Centers

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A wooden wheelbarrow is pushed to the high green gates of a slum hospital, carrying an unconscious woman, her lips white...

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Haiti Cholera Matches South Asian Strain, Says CDC

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A cholera outbreak that has killed more than 300 people in Haiti matches strains commonly found in South Asia, the U.S. ...

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Protesters Blame UN Base For Cholera In Haiti

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Hundreds of protesters who blame U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal for Haiti's widening cholera epidemic marched on a rural m...

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Chilling Voodoo Killings Reportedly On Rise In Haiti

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — At least 45 people have been killed across Haiti due to accusations they are using "black magic" to spread cholera, the ...

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Cholera Rages In Rural Haiti, Overwhelming Clinics

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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LIMBE, Haiti — A gray-haired woman, her eyes sunken and unfocused from dehydration, stumbles up a dirt path slumped on the shoulder of a young m...

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Rebuilding Haiti in the Time of Cholera

Samuel A. Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

As international NGOs, we are ready to work alongside the new Haitian government to ensure a more integrated rebuilding process. Many of us are in for the long haul.

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