Friday, July 26, 2013

UPDATE: CDC Responds to Cholera Outbreak in Haiti

St. Marc’s Hospital, where the most seriously ill patients have been triaged to clinicians and others wait to be seen

CDC is working closely with other U.S. government agencies and international partners in support of the Haitian government’s response to the cholera outbreak in that country. CDC is collaborating with the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Pan American Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and a host of other organizations to assist the Haiti Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) in a concerted effort to control the outbreak.

For more information about the outbreak in Haiti and about cholera in general, see


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