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Haiti: Cholera cases on the rise after months of steady decline
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The same group wants to introduce a cholera vaccine to Haiti but its distribution is on hold as an ethics committee studies the program.
The disease, now the largest cholera outbreak in the world, has killed more than 7,000 people and sickened another 530,000, health officials say. The disease was likely introduced by a U.N. peacekeeping unit from Nepal, where the disease is endemic, several months after the January 2010 earthquake.
Cholera is caused by a bacteria found in contaminated water or food, and can kill people within hours through dehydration. It is easily treatable if caught in time.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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