An all out effort is being made to control the outbreak of cholera which is still now contained in a region north of Haiti.
Officials are using volunteers who can carefully monitor proper hand – washing and drinking water use in bottles in tent camps. Relief groups are also planning to increase both the supplies and public service announcements will be starting from Monday.
Imogen Wall, the spokeswoman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs confirmed till Sunday that 253 have died because of the disease and a total of 3,015 cases have been reported. The statistical figures released by Haitian officials till Saturday was the death of 208 and total of 2,674 cases.
Efforts are being made to control the spread and treat people who are weakened with symptoms of severe vomiting and diarrhea that are the hallmarks of this disease. Teams have been appointed to bring in more supplies of drinkable water, plastic sheets, water purification kits, mattresses, tents and other utilities.
Health officials were working on patients in towns near Port-au-Prince where around one and a half million people were displaced from their homes due to the earthquake in January and had to live in tents. This had subjected them to a sanitation which is questionable treating them to various germs in contaminated water. The bacteria cholera which is causing this outbreak flourishes in these conditions.
Cholera outbreaks have been reported this year in many countries like Cameroon, Pakistan, Nigeria, Chad, Papua New Guinea, Niger and Zambia.
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