Cholera - Haiti MPHISE

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Dispatches from Haiti - Southwest Haiti - October 27, 2016

Wed, 2016-11-02 18:54 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Photo by John Carroll

blogs.pjstar.com - by John Carroll, MD - November 2, 2016

October 27, 2016

“The surest way to be caught flatfooted by disasters is to not know or understand, or else ignore, the value of the land and people who should have been protected, commensurate with the degree to which others depend on what they produce. This is the case with Haiti’s disregard for the values of the Greater South Region which is basically all that lies below and west of the crossroads of Leogane.”

Stuart Leiderman

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We left Cayes early this morning and headed south and west. And the further we traveled, Matthew’s wrath and destruction was even more horrific. Coconut and palm trees were snapped or uprooted everywhere. Houses were smashed. Roofs were missing. And debris littered the beach down the entire coast. Police stations, courthouses, and churches were destroyed everywhere.

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Images from Haiti - by John A. Carroll, MD

Tue, 2016-11-01 09:11 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Haiti - Post-Hurricane Matthew - Cholera - Situational Awareness

A collection of images by John A. Carroll, MD

www.haitianhearts.org

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Situation Reports via John A. Carroll MD - HaitianHearts.org

Sun, 2016-10-30 08:27 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by John A. Carroll, MD - www.haitianhearts.org

October 29, 2016

Family from Chantal just told me that a zone called LaCotte has much cholera. Five people in same house died. Unable to give exact date.

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October 29, 2016

Port Salut hospital served by two Cuban docs--very nice. Fidel and his brother also supplied the Ringers Lactate for the hospital . . .

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October 29, 2016

On Thursday spent day on Southern coast--Cayes, Torbeck, Port Salut, Coteaux, Damassin, Port a Pigment, Kalapa, Chardonnieres. We were fording some small creeks/rivers in the truck, but Les Anglais River too deep and wide so we stopped. The trucks were very few here cause road in South so horrible. I would imagine Hiroshima like this. Port Salut CTC had 30 patients according to nurse last week but only 3 when I was there. Port Salut is a MSPP hospital and made of cement and seemed structurally sound even though it was right on beach.

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October 29, 2016

The biggest problems I see are lack of food and water for almost 4 weeks now. The roofs are getting patched with tarp or corrugated metal ("toll"). Groups of kids run after the vehicle looking for food.

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October 29, 2016

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Haiti: UN Special Adviser Calls for ‘Robust’ Hurricane Response to Tackle ‘Extremely Difficult’ Situation

Sat, 2016-10-22 10:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux

United Nations Special Adviser David Nabarro meeting and supporting people in Jeremie, Haiti, which was severely affected by Hurricane Matthew. Photo: UN Haiti

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18 October 2016 – Hurricane Matthew, which ripped through Haiti 13 days ago, has left more than 700,000 people in an “extremely difficult situation,” United Nations Special Adviser David Nabarro said today, and while steady progress is being made, led by Haitians themselves, the response must be accelerated as the needs are still great, frustrations are high, and access to hard-hit areas remains tough.

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Update: Cholera Cases in Haiti

Fri, 2016-10-21 21:28 — Kathy Gilbeaux

crofsblogs.typepad.com - by Crawford Killian (Crof) - October 19, 2016

I just asked my new friends on WhatsApp for any news they might have on new cholera numbers. Almost before I'd posted my question, the answer came back from Kevin with dazzling speed in the form of five photos. Here are three of them, with my rough translation:

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Cholera - Water Filtration - Homemade Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS)

Fri, 2016-10-14 09:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Packaged ORS is best to use because it also contains other important ingredients such as potassium, etc. When clean water and packaged ORS are not available, the recipe for homemade ORS along with water filtration can help (see supporting documentation in the links below) . . .

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WHO Sending 1 Million Cholera Vaccine Doses to Haiti

Fri, 2016-10-14 03:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Haitians wash clothes in a stream in Port-au-Prince. The widespread use of rivers has been linked to the country's deadly cholera outbreak.

cnn.com - by Ivan Watson, Tim Hume and Karla Pequenino - October 11, 2016

Jeremie, Haiti (CNN) - The World Health Organization is sending a million cholera vaccine doses to Haiti, it announced Tuesday, amid concerns over the rising number of cases in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.

WHO cholera expert Dominique Legros told reporters in Geneva that the UN's global public health body had decided Monday to send the vaccines to the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean nation, to attempt to prevent an outbreak of the waterborne disease.

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