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WHO Sending 1 Million Cholera Vaccine Doses To Haiti As Cases Surge
WHO Sending 1 Million Cholera Vaccine Doses To Haiti As Cases Surge
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it was sending 1 million doses of cholera vaccine to Haiti, where cases of the killer disease have climbed in the wake of Hurricane Matthew."The top priority for those people affected by the hurricane is to give them access to clean water.That is the only way we can control cholera," Dominique Legros, WHO cholera expert, told a news briefing before traveling to the Caribbean country.
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WHO Sends Cholera Vaccine to Haiti, Hopes to Prevent Epidemic
WHO Sends Cholera Vaccine to Haiti, Hopes to Prevent Epidemic
The World Health Organization is rushing an oral cholera vaccine and other essential treatments to Haiti to try to prevent an epidemic of the fatal disease among victims of Hurricane Matthew.WHO cholera expert, Dominique Legros, warns that the risk of cholera increasing is great because heavy flooding left by Hurricane Matthew is likely to contaminate the water.In Haiti, Interim President Jocelerme Privert said 13 people have died of cholera since the hurricane hit, CNN reported.
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Doses of Cholera Vaccine Headed to Haiti Video
Doses of Cholera Vaccine Headed to Haiti Video
Transcript for Doses of Cholera Vaccine Headed to HaitiAnd a million doses of cholera vaccine are on their way to areas of Haiti that were all but completely destroyed by Matthew.Haiti's president calls a devastation apocalyptic.It's estimated between eighty and 100% of crops were lost on Haiti's southern peninsula.
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