CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN HAITI AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS

HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010

Maya Hector, MPH StudentWalden University

Winter 2011

Dr. Raymond Thron, InstructorPUBH-6145-7 Epidemiology

Stakeholders Influenced By the

Earthquake

Adults and Children

The Environment

Government Officials

Neighboring Countries

Relief Agencies

What is Cholera? Found in food and

water sources contaminated by feces.

Spread through inadequate water treatment, poor sanitation, and clean hygiene.

HOW DID CHOLERA OCCUR?

U.N. PEACE KEEPERS

RELIEF WORKERS

LIMITED WORKING SANITARY SYSTEMS

AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

THE RUBBLE

STATISTICS

100,000 CASES REPORTED

2,000 DEATHS OCCURED

Impact of Cholera Epidemic

The World Health Organization

Citizens of Haiti

The Economy

Relief Efforts

TIME LINE OF CHOLERA EPIDEMIC

• 10/20/10- SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL FACILITY STRAIN REPORTED IN ST. MARC, HAITI

• 10/27/2010- REALIZATION THAT HEALTH CLUSTER CLAIMS OF THE EPIDEMIC WAS UNDER CONROL WAS INACCURATE

• 11/07/2010- ALL HOSPITALS IN PORT AU PRINCE ARE OVERFLOWING AND AT FULL CAPACITY

The World Health Organization

Citizens of Haiti GOOD NEWS:

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO START VACCINATING CITIZENS IN APRIL TO

HELP STEM THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC

The Economy

MORE GOOD NEWS:

40% OF HAITIANS SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA ARE RECIEVEING

ECOONOMIC AID FROM SPAIN

Relief Efforts Towards Cholera

Haitians Awaiting Relief

Abbott Laboratories

The United Nations

The United States

BEFORE AND AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

CONCLUSION: UPDATE ON CHOLERA OUTBREAK

As of February 18, 2011, the United Nations reported that the cholera

outbreak in Haiti has “plateaued and appears to be diminishing.”