Haiti Cholera Outbreak
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Ban Ki-moon Sorry For UN Role In Deadly Haiti Cholera Outbreak
Outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon apologised to the people of Haiti on Thursday for the world body's role in a deadly cholera outbreak that has killed more than 9,300 people and was blamed on Nepali UN peacekeepers.
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UN appeals for $164 million to combat Haiti cholera
The United Nations is asking for $164 million to fight the cholera outbreak in Haiti, which has now claimed 724 lives.A spokeswoman for the UN humanitarian office says unless the funds are provided "all our efforts can be outrun by the epidemic."Elisabeth Byrs told reporters in Geneva that UN and non-governmental organizations would use the money t...
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Cholera outbreak creeps closer to Haiti's capital
A spreading cholera outbreak in rural Haiti threatened to outpace aid groups as they stepped up efforts on Saturday hoping to keep the disease from reaching the squalid camps of earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince.Health officials said at least 208 people had died and 2,674 others were infected in an outbreak mostly centered in the Artibonite re...
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Cholera outbreak leaves 142 dead in rural Haiti
At least 142 people have died in a cholera outbreak, and aid groups are rushing in medicine and other supplies on Friday to combat Haiti's deadliest health problem since its devastating earthquake.The outbreak in the rural Artibonite region, which hosts thousands of quake refugees, appeared to confirm relief groups' fears about sanitation for homel...
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Ban Ki-moon Sorry For UN Role In Deadly Haiti Cholera Outbreak
Outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon apologised to the people of Haiti on Thursday for the world body's role in a deadly cholera outbreak that has killed more than 9,300 people and was blamed on Nepali UN peacekeepers.
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UN appeals for $164 million to combat Haiti cholera
The United Nations is asking for $164 million to fight the cholera outbreak in Haiti, which has now claimed 724 lives.A spokeswoman for the UN humanitarian office says unless the funds are provided "all our efforts can be outrun by the epidemic."Elisabeth Byrs told reporters in Geneva that UN and non-governmental organizations would use the money t...
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Cholera outbreak creeps closer to Haiti's capital
A spreading cholera outbreak in rural Haiti threatened to outpace aid groups as they stepped up efforts on Saturday hoping to keep the disease from reaching the squalid camps of earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince.Health officials said at least 208 people had died and 2,674 others were infected in an outbreak mostly centered in the Artibonite re...
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Cholera outbreak leaves 142 dead in rural Haiti
At least 142 people have died in a cholera outbreak, and aid groups are rushing in medicine and other supplies on Friday to combat Haiti's deadliest health problem since its devastating earthquake.The outbreak in the rural Artibonite region, which hosts thousands of quake refugees, appeared to confirm relief groups' fears about sanitation for homel...
