MEDICAL INSTITUTE
5200 DEAD FROM CHOLERA, DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY UPDATE 2011 (12): HAITI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Date: Sat 21 May 2011 Source: Deutsche Presse-Agentur [edited] <http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/health/news/article_1640604.php/Haiti-cholera-deaths-rise-to-5-200>
More than 5200 people have died from cholera in Haiti over the last 7 months, said health authorities Sat 21 May 2011.
The 1st cases in the Caribbean nation's worst cholera epidemic in a century were detected in the Artibonite province north of the capital Port-au-Prince in October 2010.
At least 300 000 people have since been infected, at an estimated rate of 560 per day, according to the latest reports. At least 4 people die of curable waterborne disease every day.
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