After more than 100 years without an outbreak, Cuban health authorities have been forced to close down food stands in Havana after several cholera cases were diagnosed—and this, after eradicating a previous outbreak of the infectious bacterial infection just in August. The Cuban Health Ministry confirmed 51 cholera cases in this new outbreak, which was […]
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The World Health Organization predicts more than 112,000 Cholera cases in Haiti in 2012. The deadly infection is often found in areas of the world with poor sanitation, and the severe diarrhea it causes often lead to dehydration and death. On Tuesday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed an independent panel as well as a $2.2 […]
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At UN headquarters on Wednesday, Haiti’s Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe declared that a “regrettable” cholera epidemic that had killed thousands was under control. In his meetings with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the allegations made by locals that the outbreak was due to the pollution of a river by the camp toilets of UN peacekeepers from […]
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