05.10.12
U.S. Congressional Briefing “Cholera and the Human Right to Health in Post-Earthquake Haiti”
By Ana S. Ayala
In October of 2010, less than ten months after being hit by a devastating earthquake, Haiti experienced a cholera epidemic that quickly spread throughout the small nation. The waterborne disease has now killed at least 7,050 Haitians and sickened over 531,000 others. Meanwhile, nearly half a million earthquake victims remain without adequate housing, and Haitians […]
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Bureau des Avocats Internationaux Center for Economic and Policy Research cholera Haiti Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti Inter-American John Conyers Maxine Waters PAHO Partners In Health United Nations vaccine
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