Aid Group Warns Of Cholera Surge As Haiti Enters Rainy Season
"A Haiti aid group warns on the eve of the rainy season that the Caribbean nation will likely see a surge in cholera cases," the Associated Press/Seattle Times reports. "Paul Farmer of the Boston-based group Partners in Health writes in an email Friday that Haiti could see a spike like the one that occurred last year," when the "number of cholera cases nearly tripled from almost 19,000 last April to more than 50,000 two months later," the news service writes. The AP notes, "Partners in Health will launch a vaccination campaign in the coming weeks to stem the spread of the waterborne disease" (2/24).
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