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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Apr 23, 2015
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• Category : Haiti News
• Description : Posted on Haiti Libre: 21/04/2015 10:14:08
• Location : Haiti
• Website : http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13654-haiti-alert-the-number-of-cholera-cases-exceeds-that-of-2012.html

Overview

• Registered figures at the first quarter of 2015 are more than three times those recorded in the same period of last year. They are also slightly above those recorded in the same period in 2012 when the epidemic was at its peak.
  
  With the first rains recorded since the beginning of the year, health officials have observed an increase in cholera cases in several towns, especially in the West and Artibonite departments. From 1 January to 31 March 2015, the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) reported 11.414 suspected cases of cholera and 105 deaths, including 3,037 in March. These figures represent more than three times those recorded in the same period of last year when 3,772 cases and 28 deaths had been reported. They are also slightly above those recorded in the same period in 2012 when the epidemic was at its peak (10.832 cases and 61 deaths).
  
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