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Cholera Kills More Than 2,000 in Haiti

   VOA News 06 December 2010
   Michelet  Compere,  14,  suffering  from  cholera,  is  carried  on  a
   stretcher  by  relatives  during their four-hour journey from a remote
   village  in  Pond  Chevalier  to  the  hospital  in Grande Riu Du Nord
   village, Haiti, Nov 29, 2010

Photo: AP

   Michelet  Compere,  14,  suffering  from  cholera,  is  carried  on  a
   stretcher  by  relatives  during their four-hour journey from a remote
   village  in  Pond  Chevalier  to  the  hospital  in Grande Riu Du Nord
   village, Haiti, Nov 29, 2010

   Health  officials  in  Haiti  say  the  death  toll from the country's
   cholera epidemic has risen to more than 2,000.
   Haiti's  Health  Ministry  reported Monday that more than 90,000 cases
   have  been  recorded  since  the outbreak began in October. The United
   Nations  has  warned  the  toll  could  become  much higher before the
   epidemic is brought under control.
   Cholera is spread through fecal-contaminated food and water. It causes
   vomiting  and diarrhea, and can quickly lead to severe dehydration and
   death. Â
   Health  workers  fear  the  disease  could  quickly  spread throughout
   squalid  tent  camps,  where hundreds of thousands of people have been
   living  since  the  January  earthquake  that  devastated  the capital
   Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

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