Haiti cholera toll rises, so do appeals for aid
A man with cholera waits for relief at a hospital run by “Medecins Sans Fro… Fact file on Cholera. There is a real fear that the disease could flare in … A child with cholera sits in a “Medecins Sans Frontieres” hospital near Por… With the death toll from Haiti’s cholera epidemic nearing 800, international organizations have stepped up appeals for funds to bring in more doctors, medicine and water purification equipment. The United Nations is asking for 164 million dollars to fight the epidemic, which has gained strength over the past week and spread to Port-au-Prince where 1.3 million people left homeless in a massive quake in January live in close quarters in makeshift camps. “We…
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Haiti cholera toll rises, so do appeals for aid
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