Category: Caribbean
Cholera Outbreaks Surge Worldwide as Vaccine Supply Drains
(New York Times) A record number of outbreaks have been reported after droughts, floods and wars have forced large numbers of people to live in unsanitary conditions. Outbreaks have been reported in the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, putting the health of millions at risk and overwhelming fragile health systems. Untreated, the […]
Nov 1, 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
Cholera resurfaces in Haiti as gangs imperil water and hospital access
Washington Post – At least one person has died of cholera in Haiti, officials said this week, stoking fears of an outbreak as widespread gang control over several parts of the country worsens access to fuel, clean drinking water and medical care. Two confirmed cases, one resulting in death, of the acute diarrheal illness — […]
Oct 3, 2022