Haiti Bacterial Diseases

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  In Haiti, a Building Fights Cholera

  Photo Next month marks the seventh anniversary of the cholera outbreak that ravaged Haiti. The disease, which can cause death within hours if left untreated, came less than a year after Haiti was rocked by an enormous earthquake that left hundreds of thousands dead and millions injured, displaced and destitute. Haiti is prone to earthquakes and tropical storms — the island was spared the worst of Hurricane Irma last week — but the cholera outbreak was an anomaly; the disease had never before struck Haiti   Read More ...

• US court dismisses lawsuit against UN over cholera outbreak in Haiti

  NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — A United States federal court has dismissed the last remaining class action lawsuit brought against the United Nations over the cholera epidemic in Haiti that killed thousands of people. Judge Sandra L Townes, in throwing out the lawsuit on Thursday, upheld the organisation's assertion of diplomatic immunity and for “lack of subject matter jurisdiction”. Just over a year ago, a federal appeals court had dismissed the only other class action lawsuit seeking redress for Haitians, from the United Nations, over the cholera epidemic   Read More ...

• UN Assembly backs USD 40.5 million for Haiti cholera victims

  The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution backing the UN chief's appeal to member states to transfer USD 40.5 million in unspent funds from Haiti's peacekeeping mission to help victims of a cholera outbreak that has afflicted over 800,000 people. The resolution adopted yesterday by consensus reiterates the world body's "grave concern" at the cholera outbreak, which has resulted in over 9,000 deaths   Read More ...

• UN Assembly backs $40.5 million for Haiti cholera victims

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution backing the U.N. chief's appeal to member states to transfer $40.5 million in unspent funds from Haiti's peacekeeping mission to help victims of a cholera outbreak that has afflicted over 800,000 people. The resolution adopted Thursday by consensus reiterates the world body's "grave concern" at the cholera outbreak, which has resulted in over 9,000 deaths   Read More ...

• UN Assembly backs $40.5 million for Haiti cholera victims

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution backing the U.N. chief's appeal to member states to transfer $40.5 million in unspent funds from Haiti's peacekeeping mission to help victims of a cholera outbreak that has afflicted over 800,000 people. The resolution adopted Thursday by consensus reiterates the world body's "grave concern" at the cholera outbreak, which has resulted in over 9,000 deaths   Read More ...

• Haiti could stem cholera epidemic by end 2018: health officials

  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Haiti could stem its seven-year-long cholera epidemic by the end of 2018 as the number of reported cases has dropped sharply, government and United Nations officials said. The health ministry said Haiti has had about 7,400 suspected new cholera cases since the start of the year, compared with almost 20,200 at the same point last year. There were more than 18,600 cases in the first six months of 2015 and some 7,451 in the same period in 2014, according to health ministry figures   Read More ...

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  Haiti could stem cholera epidemic by end 2018: health officials

  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haiti could stem its seven-year-long cholera epidemic by the end of 2018 as the number of reported cases has dropped sharply, government and United Nations officials said. The health ministry said Haiti has had about 7,400 suspected new cholera cases since the start of the year, compared with almost 20,200 at the same point last year. "We have never seen so few cases," Donald Francois, head of the health ministry's national cholera program told Reuters in an interview   Read More ...

• Haiti could stem cholera epidemic by end 2018 - health officials

  Haiti could stem its seven-year-long cholera epidemic by the end of 2018 as the number of reported cases has dropped sharply, government and United Nations officials said. The health ministry said Haiti has had about 7,400 suspected new cholera cases since the start of the year, compared with almost 20,200 at the same point last year. "We have never seen so few cases," Donald Francois, head of the health ministry's national cholera program told Reuters in an interview   Read More ...

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  U.N. Brought Cholera to Haiti. Now It Is Fumbling Effort to Atone.

  Photo Even as the United Nations expresses growing alarm over a cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen, the organization is increasingly worried about the fallout from a stubborn cholera scourge in Haiti that was caused by its own peacekeepers more than six years ago. A $400 million voluntary trust fund for Haiti to battle cholera was created last year by Ban Ki-moon, then the secretary general, when he apologized for the United Nations’ role after having repeatedly denied any responsibility   Read More ...