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Dear [FIRSTNAME],
Outbreaks of cholera in recent history
Cholera is scarily effective at wiping out large populations of people. In two short years from October 2010 till early 2013, 6% of Haitians have had the disease (1 in 15 people!); it has killed at least 8,231 Haitians and hospitalized hundreds of thousands more. Having struck right after the devastating 2010 earthquake, the lack of proper medical infrastructure and the overcrowding in the refugee camps meant that the disease killed more than it should have:
- Lack of proper medical infrastructure
- Financial resources used on search efforts and insufficient medical resources available after destruction in the earthquake
- Overcrowding in the refugee camps with poor sewage systems helped cholera spread efficiently
- Poor living conditions in the refugee camps led to the sharing and spreading of contaminated water
- Poor nutrition led to weakened immunity so allowed the outbreak to infect lots of people
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Photo source from: Center for disease control and prevent
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Unfortunately rumors spread that the outbreak was caused by Nepali UN soldiers after a young Haitian died inside the Cap-Haitien UN base. Protesters began demanding that the UN leave their country and the riots became increasingly violent, eventually killing five, including one UN employee.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9313_Haiti_cholera_outbreak#Casualties
_over_the_years
http://www.who.int/csr/don/archive/disease/cholera/en/
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2010_11_24/en/
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