Haiti: Deaths Continue to Rise Three Years After Cholera Outbreak
Sep 24, 2013
New statistics have been released showing that the cholera epidemic that affects Haiti, which has infected more than 600,000 people, has reached a death toll of 8,190 three years after its outbreak in 2010.
Infected peacekeepers from the United Nations are thought to have brought the disease to Haiti. In a report produced by Yale University it is suggested that UN workers brought the disease from Nepal, a country where cholera is endemic.
Each month, more than 3,000 new cases of cholera are recorded in Haiti. The epidemic has also reached the Dominican Republic, where 454 people have died and more than 30,000 have been infected. In addition, 163 cases have been recorded in Cuba, including ten foreigners, as a result of the epidemic.
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