Haiti: a hundred thousand people with cholera 
an emergency without end. In Haiti, where reconstruction in almost a year after the earthquake has not even begun, cholera broke out. More than a thousand victims and 14,642 cases of infection detected. But the World Health Organisation warns that for every case that comes and is confirmed in the laboratory must calculate at least 75 others. Cholera then may have already hit nearly a hundred thousand people.
"You try to control the epidemic, the good news is that it is already mobilized for the earthquake here in Haiti we are full of medical and humanitarian organizations, the answer is no, is consistent and immediate, but the center of the country without hospitals, without adequate services, and the infection comes from the river, you can not sterilize a river, "said a trader of international cooperation.
Ten months after the earthquake, an epidemic of cholera has exploded in the capital Port-au-Prince, after the first cases in the north. According to the WHO might have originated from contamination of the Artibonite River, where it was found the same bacteria present in Southeast Asia. The population's anger was unleashed against the UN peacekeepers of Nepalese origin, in a sort of hunting all'untore unleashed by the collective panic. To coordinate the contrast of the epidemic and treat the infected and the time especially Doctors Without Borders, a providential presence, but also a sign that the local government and the Ministry of Health does not have the resources and the ability to take charge of the situation.
The latest tragedy in Haiti has exploded despite the work and the massive presence of several humanitarian organizations. Have been avoided? "Cholera breaks out only if there is the vibrio responsible for the disease in Haiti and so far there was no" explain the Doctors Without Borders, "Actually, after the earthquake but there were fears of cholera outbreaks of tetanus, typhoid, measles and is now playing vaccination. What is certain is that in Haiti, and particularly in Port-au-Prince were all the conditions for cholera exploded, or poor hygienic conditions, poor access to clean, safe water, overcrowding in the camps. "
Almost a year after the earthquake are one million and 500 thousand people still living in tented camps. In Port-au-Prince in a year are only being moved in the rubble, there are no signs of reconstruction. The NGOs have been distributing emergency aid, worked on the rehabilitation of schools, built latrines and drinking water supply points, but the reconstruction of homes it is for the government with the support United Nations agencies, but according to information circulating in Haiti, no one will be unlocked until after the elections, scheduled for Nov. 28. Taking into account that the new president of Haiti should take office in February, the reconstruction plan will still have to wait.
cholera: Another disaster in Haiti
not only the earthquake, but now the cholera strikes on an island and wound already affected by a disaster in early 2010 that has claimed more than 250 thousand deaths. The authorities in Port-au-Prince declared a state of health emergency facing the spread of cholera.
According to the budget of local authorities, the epidemic has resulted in a few days killed at least 200 people and about two thousand cases of infection, but it is a budget set to rise.
The epidemic of cholera has been confirmed by a source from the Ministry of Health, based on the early results of tests carried out after the deaths. The government convened an urgent meeting with health authorities.
''We found more than 200 deaths and 1,498 cases of people suffering from dysentery. According to laboratory analysis, it is cholera, "said the president of the doctors in Haiti, in a statement to Agence France Presse.
Most of the victims were recorded along the Artibonite river which runs through the center and north of the country. " This is an epidemic due to water used in the homes of those regions ," said Ariel Henry, director of the Ministry of Health of Haiti. " Some people have died in their homes in the Artibonite region and central areas of Haiti and several hundreds are hospitalized and placed under control ," they added other medical sources.
While the alarm is spreading in the neighboring Dominican Republic, which launched a program of prevention, President of Haiti, Rene Preval, has convened a new emergency meeting to decide how to tackle the spread of the disease and what recommendations to give to the population. The fear of the authorities in Port-au-Prince is that the epidemic is spreading rapidly precisely because of the living conditions of hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims sheltering in relief camps. the field are already working to international organizations that have provided aid after the earthquake of January. the Italian Red Cross is working to distribute 30 thousand liters of drinking water in the department of Artibonite. In the same region have also traveled teams Doctors Without Borders, in collaboration with local health authorities, are treating patients and providing necessary measures for prevention of infection.
A UN expert, Walter Kaelin, who alleged in a report the profound humanitarian crisis that the country is going through. "according to estimates, one million three hundred thousand people, including those who have lost their homes during the earthquake and who has escaped extreme poverty exacerbated by the earthquake are still living in temporary camps in Port-au-Prince and its ," said Kaelin. " The inhabitants of refugee camps have needs that are handled internally by the field, such as the need to have a shelter but also other urgent needs such as access health care, water, sanitation and education, involving the entire community, thus ensuring the uniform treatment among people living in tents and who is not .
an emergency without end. In Haiti, where reconstruction in almost a year after the earthquake has not even begun, cholera broke out. More than a thousand victims and 14,642 cases of infection detected. But the World Health Organisation warns that for every case that comes and is confirmed in the laboratory must calculate at least 75 others. Cholera then may have already hit nearly a hundred thousand people. 
