In October 2010, nearly 10 months after a devastating earthquake, Haiti was stricken by epidemic cholera. Within days after detection, the Ministry of Public Health and Population established a ...

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The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has released a statement saying the U.N. will not pay compensation for the victims of the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti. Citing section 29 of ...

ST. MARC, HaitiST. MARC, Haiti — At least 135 people have died in a suspected cholera outbreak, and aid groups are rushing in medicine and other supplies Friday to combat Haiti’s deadliest health ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – The death rate from the Haiti cholera epidemic that has killed more than 7,000 people over the past two years has finally ebbed, but the debate about the source of the ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - - Outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon apologized to the people of Haiti on Thursday for the world body's role in a deadly cholera outbreak that has killed ...

It's been 10 months since the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed and injured hundreds of thousands and shattered the country's economy and infrastructure. In recent weeks, a new problem has ...

Human rights advocates are suing the United Nations over a deadly cholera outbreak that has killed thousands of Haitians in the last three years. The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti is ...

BOGOTA, March 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Cholera will continue to kill and infect Haitians as long as they lack access to clean water and sanitation, with a thousand new cases reported each ...

A deadly epidemic is surging in a penitentiary built for 800 people but containing nearly 4,000. Without immediate inmate release and medical care, hundreds may soon be dead. An inmate in Haiti’s ...

International aid workers blame lack of progress on chronic corruption. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti Nov. 12, 2010— -- Port au Prince is a city frozen in Jan 12, 2010. Haitians refer to the earthquake ...