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Some Public Health Experts Raise Concerns Over Plans To Immunize Haitians Against Cholera, AP Reports
The Associated Press/Washington Times reports on a pilot project plan by Partners In Health (PIH) and GHESKIO to vaccinate Haitians against cholera, which "has set off a debate among some public health experts who question the wisdom of [the] program that will inoculate only one percent of the population and could deplete the world's stock of available cholera vaccine, potentially putting people at risk in other vulnerable places." The program will cost an estimated $870,000, money that some experts say would be better spent cleaning up contaminated waterways, according to the AP.
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