Category Archives: Haitian News

A cholera epidemic has spread into Haiti’s capital, imperiling nearly 3 million people living in Port-au-Prince, nearly half of them in unsanitary tent camps for the homeless from the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Aid groups fought to halt the spread of diesease in Haiti’s teeming capital.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Doctors and aid groups are rushing to set up cholera treatment centers across Haiti’s capital as officials warn that the disease’s encroachment into the overcrowded city will bring a surge in cases.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Nov. 10 (UPI) — Cholera is increasing in Haiti amid fears flooding from last week’s Hurricane Tomas will mean even more cases from drinking contaminated water, officials say.

Haiti dodged one bullet in tropical storm Tomas, but there is growing evidence that the ravaged country may not be able to stop the spread of an even bigger threat: cholera

Haiti dodged one bullet in tropical storm Tomas, but there is growing evidence that the ravaged country may not be able to stop the spread of an even bigger threat: cholera

Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding, forced thousands from their homes and increased humanitarian challenges posed by a cholera epidemic, aid workers said on Saturday.

Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding that killed eight people and increased the contagion threat from a deadly cholera epidemic, the government and aid workers said on Saturday.

Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding that killed eight people and increased the contagion threat from a deadly cholera epidemic, the government and aid workers said on Saturday.

Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding that killed eight people and increased the contagion threat from a deadly cholera epidemic, the government and aid workers said on Saturday.