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Haiti: Plan by the United Nations to tackle cholera unfulfilled
The United Nations Organization’s efforts to tackle cholera in Haiti are “almost non-existent”, a medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres has revealed, as the world body faces court action for inadvertently starting a cholera epidemic in the country.
The United Nations is accused of negligently allowing peacekeeping soldiers to pollute Haiti’s water with cholera. The epidemic, which is spread by infected sewage, has killed more than 8,000 people since late 2010.
Towards the end of 2012, the UN launched a US$2.2 billion appeal to improve water supplies in Haiti, however, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres, the plan is still unfulfilled, and it has become increasingly clear, that this “plan” was an attempt by the United Nations to deflect calls by the victims of cholera for financial compensation.
Read more: BBC