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PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (29): Americas (Haiti)

Dysentery, Cholera, Diarrhea -- HaitiCholera outbreaks have killed at least 13 people in south west Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, government officials told Reuters on Sat [8 Oct 2016], voicing concern that the disease was spreading. A total of 6 people died of cholera in a hospital in the southern town of Randel, while another 7 died in the western coastal town of Anse-d'Ainault, the officials said, likely as flood waters mixed with sewage.Hurricane Matthew left almost 900 people dead in Read more [...]