Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Haiti fights losing battle against cholera

Plastic-sheeted cots for men, women and children are crammed side by side in a former hangar. At the cholera treatment center in the Haitian city of Carrefour, the sick have no privacy.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

UN promises 'material' aid to cholera victims in Haiti

The United Nations will give "material" aid to cholera victims in Haiti and their families, the secretary general's spokesman said Friday, citing the international body's "moral responsibility."

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Haiti cholera victims welcome UN recognizing role in outbreak

The United Nations' belated acknowledgement it played a role in a cholera epidemic in Haiti that has killed nearly 10,000 people was hailed by victims' advocates Thursday as vindication of their efforts to hold the world ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

UN struggles to stem new rise in Haiti cholera cases

A deadly cholera epidemic in Haiti that experts say was introduced by UN peacekeepers from Nepal is on the rise, with hundreds of new cases registered weekly, a UN official said Thursday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cholera epidemic kills 41 in Mozambique

The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Mozambique that broke out after widespread flooding has risen by almost 50 percent in two weeks to 41, health officials said Monday.

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