Morning Briefing

Haiti needs about 1,000 additional trained nurses and at least 100 more physicians to control the cholera epidemic, Valerie Amos, the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said during a recent visit to the capital of Port-au-Prince, Reuters reports. "We clearly need to do more," Amos said of the global response to the cholera outbreak. "But it's not just money, it's crucially people, in terms of getting more doctors, nurses, more people who can help with the awareness-raising and getting information out there," she said. The U.N. plans to work with countries and aid groups that have the capacity to quickly provide more health workers, according to Amos.