Cholera has reached Port-au-Prince, the Haitian health ministry reported Tuesday.
The first confirmed case of Cholera in the country’s capital city was a 3-year-old boy who the ministry said had no contact with anyone to
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Floodwaters Increase Cholera Deaths in Haiti
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A Cholera outbreak continues to spread in earthquak-ravaged Haiti. Late last week, the Pan American Health Organization announced that the death toll in the outbreak has risen from 442 three days ago to 501, while
Did Haiti Cholera Strain Originate in South Asia?
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Public health authorities are furiously working to contain and understand the origins of a cholera outbreak in Haiti that has killed more than 300 people and hospitalized almost 5,000.
Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease
Health Officials Make Progress in PNG
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A public health emergency remains in effect for Morobe province in Papua New Guinea (PNG), but the threat from an outbreak of a combination of cholera and Shigella-related dysentery is subsiding, according to reports on