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Why the DRC Ebola outbreak was declared a global emergency and why it matters

In mid-July the WHO declared the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

August 21, 2019
Published in Health

PAHO’s Haiti Representative, Dr. Jean-Luc Poncelet said teams were hampered by difficult access, as roads were cut by the hurricane, and populations were displaced.

Haiti successfully vaccinates 729, 000 persons against cholera

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov. 24, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says Haiti’s Ministry of Health (MSPP) is nearing completion of its vaccination campaign against cholera, having reached more than 729,000 people with vaccines in Sud and Grand Anse departments, areas ravaged by Hurricane Matthew.

November 24, 2016
Published in Health

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s administration is scrambling to compensate, for the first time, the victims of cholera

UN plans to pay cholera victims in Haiti

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30, CMC – The United Nations has announced pans to compensate victims of the cholera outbreak it caused in Haiti.

October 30, 2016
Published in Caribbean

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon as he tours sections of hurricane ravaged Haiti yesterday. He has promised more aid to the island.

UN says fight against cholera made even more difficult by hurricane

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Oct. 16, CMC – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the fight against cholera in Haiti has been made even more difficult by the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew.

October 17, 2016
Published in Health

Haitian President Jocelerme Privert has called for swift implementation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s urgent appeal for redoubled efforts to fight the scourge of cholera and aid its victims

Haiti awaits full implementation of UN pledges on cholera outbreak

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24, CMC – Warning of a “significant humanitarian deterioration” following fresh outbreaks of cholera in his country, Haitian President Jocelerme Privert has called for swift implementation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s urgent appeal for redoubled efforts to fight the scourge and aid its victims.

September 24, 2016
Published in Caribbean

Outgoing United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon express regret for the outbreak of cholera in Haiti.

Outgoing UN Secretary General regrets cholera outbreak in Haiti

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20, CMC – Outgoing United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday publicly expressed regret for the outbreak of cholera in Haiti.

September 20, 2016
Published in Opinion

It’s alleged that sewage and other waste was dumped into the river. (Photo: www.haiti.mphise.info) Read more: http://www.caribbean360.com/news/leaked-un-report-haitis-cholera-outbreak-slammed-sanitation-bases#ixzz4JtxVSSO4

International community urged to support Haiti’s plan to combat cholera

WASHINGTON, Sept 10, CMC – The international community is urging financial and political support for a medium-term cholera plan recently released in draft form by the Haitian government.

September 10, 2016
Published in Health

Patients with cholera are treated by a Cuban doctor at the hospital in L'Estere

UNICEF says funding to prevent cholera crucial to advance development in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Aug. 21, CMC – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says funding to prevent cholera in Haiti is crucial to advance development in the French-speaking Caribbean country.

August 20, 2016
Published in Health

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