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Haiti - Cholera Epidemic : The World Bank approves $15MM of emergency funds
19/01/2011 10:07:15 |
| The World Bank Board of Directors yesterday approved a US$15 million grant to help Haiti's efforts to fight the cholera epidemic. On November 24, 2010, the World Bank announced... |
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Haiti - Health : Thousands of animals cared and vaccinated
16/01/2011 12:21:33 |
| An animalitarian crisis was avoided, and especially thousands of animals was cared and vaccinated, tens of trained veterinarians, laboratories constructed or reconstructed, units of care and refrigerated storage... |
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Haiti - Cholera Epidemic : The peak of infection is still not reached...
15/01/2011 12:38:36 |
| While the epidemic in Haiti continues its ravages in the population, for nearly three months, the World Health Organization (WHO) has indicated that the peak of the infection of the disease, is, according to it still not reached... |
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Haiti - Epidemic : The cholera threatens 2.2 million children
11/01/2011 09:11:40 |
| ...the prevention activities, including training of teachers and distribution of equipment for washing hands are not sufficient to stop the spread of the disease in schools... |
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Haiti - Cholera Epidemic : UN appoints four experts responsible for the investigation
07/01/2011 09:04:14 |
| Yesterday Thursday, Ban Ki-moon, released the composition of the panel who will be responsible for determining the source of the cholera epidemic in Haiti... |
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Haiti - Cholera Epidemic : "Shameful" attitude of the international community
06/01/2011 14:12:55 |
| Elizabeth Byrs, spokeswoman of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has qualified today of shameful that the call for emergency funds launched by the UN last November 12 is not yet funded... |
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Haiti - epidemic : Vulnerability of children to cholera
05/01/2011 14:44:38 |
| The physiological characteristics of young make them vulnerable to the disease. Sergio Cabral, a pediatrician at the Cholera Treatment Center (CTC) of Sarthe in Port-au-Prince, explains the specificities of the management of cholera... |
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Haiti - Health : Brazil and Cuba want to do more for Haiti
04/01/2011 14:11:24 |
| At a meeting, held on January 2, between Brazil and Cuba, at the National Palace (Palácio do Planalto) in Brasilia, Haiti has been at the agenda between the new President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff and the first Vice-President Cuban José Ramón Machado... |
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Haiti - Cholera Epidemic : The Asturias send a field hospital in Haiti
03/01/2011 09:53:07 |
| The Spanish autonomous community, The Asturias, located on the northern coast of Spain, donated to Haiti, through its "Asturiana Cooperation Agency (AAC) a field hospital of 70 m2 with all the medical equipment... |
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Haiti - Cholera Epidemic : Heavy toll of end of year
01/01/2011 11:54:56 |
| OCHA precise not to be able to predict accurately the evolution of the epidemic. The mortality rate will depend on the response. Without access to treatment (either in the community or in a care facility), the mortality rate... |
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