Cholera in rural Haiti overwhelms clinics

A gray-haired woman, her eyes sunken and unfocused from dehydration, stumbles up a dirt path slumped on the shoulder of a young man, heading to a rural clinic so overcrowded that plastic tarps have been strung up outside to shade dozens who can’t fit inside.

via Cholera in rural Haiti overwhelms clinics – The China Post.

Haiti: More Cholera Cases, Fewer Deaths

The World Health Organization reports the number of cholera cases continues to grow in Haiti, but a smaller proportion of people are now dying from the disease. Latest official figures put the number of deaths at nearly 1,900 and more than 84,000 cases.

via VOA | Haiti: More Cholera Cases, Fewer Deaths | Health | English.