Category: Cholera
As Cholera Outbreak Exacerbates Haiti’s Multiple Crises, Special Representative Says Security Council Must Act Decisively to Help Government Restore Order, Save Lives
(ReliefWeb) With the spread of cholera exacerbating the ongoing security, humanitarian, economic, and political crisis faced by Haiti, the Security Council must act — “and decisively so” — in response to its Government’s request for support to its institutions to restore order, and to save thousands of lives that will otherwise be lost, the United […]
Oct 18, 2022
Concerns grow as cholera spreads through Haiti’s prisons
Star Advisor – A nonprofit organization today called on Haiti’s government to release certain inmates amid a swift rise in cholera cases throughout the country’s severely crowded prison system and dwindling supplies of clean water Health through Walls, which provides medical care to prisoners in Haiti, noted that not only inmates are at risk, but […]
Oct 11, 2022
Haiti’s situation is dire and cannot persist, State Department says
Reuters – The situation in Haiti has grown dire, with criminal groups blocking efforts to control a cholera outbreak, a U.S. State Department spokesman said on Tuesday, adding that the status quo “cannot persist.” An outbreak of cholera in Haiti this month has killed at least 16 people, according to the United Nations, while a […]
Oct 11, 2022
Haiti Cholera Outbreak Updates
10/6/2022 Haiti’s main hospital overwhelmed by cholera outbreak, panic among patients Haitian Times – Haiti’s State University Hospital (HUEH) said it cannot adequately treat patients coming in after cholera broke out in Haiti. In all to date, at least 75 cases have been reported. More than 60 people have already fallen ill and been hospitalized from various […]
Oct 6, 2022