U.S. Congressional Briefing “Cholera and the Human Right to Health in Post-Earthquake Haiti”

By Ana S. Ayala | Leave a Comment

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 […]

Posted in Global Health, Resources, WHO ; Tagged: 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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