Cholera in Haiti: Epidemic and Fight History Prospects and ...
One of the serious aftermaths of the Haiti earthquake was the disease known as Cholera.
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One of the serious aftermaths of the Haiti
earthquake was the disease known as Cholera.
CHOLERA IN HAITI.
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What is Cholera?
Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease caused by infection, which can kill even a healthy adult in a matter of hours.
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The symptoms of Cholera in Haiti 2010.
• Vomiting • Severe watery diarrhoea• Extreme dehydration• infected people can die of profound
dehydration• Kidney failure
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The Death rate in Haiti 2010 based on Cholera.
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Death tolls due to Cholera in Haiti.
• In Haiti the health ministry announced that the death toll had risen within 24hrs from 135 to 724
• Aid agencies began to fear that Cholera would spread to the tented camps, ‘we greatly fear a flare-up in the capital which would be serious given the conditions in the camps’ .
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The causes of Cholera
• Transmission is primarily by the fecal contamination of food and water caused by poor sanitation. This bacterium can however, live naturally in any environment, which is very dangerous.
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Prevention of cholera.
• Although cholera may be life-threatening, prevention of the disease is normally straightforward if proper sanitation practices are followed.
• In developed countries, due to nearly universal advanced water treatment and sanitation practices, cholera is no longer a major health threat.
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Treatment
• In Haiti 2010 there was no treatment available to the people of Haiti.
• Clean water ,food and good sanitation levels was the way forward for a patient in Haiti. Clean water and good sanitation levels was very hard to get after the earthquake in Haiti 2010.
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People in Haiti suffering from Cholera :
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Crowded areas in Haiti for people with Cholera:
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Dirty water in Cholera which is an effect that caused Cholera in Haiti.
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Cholera one of the main aftermaths
As we can see Cholera was a very dangerous and serious aftermath of the Haiti earthquake in 2010.
It killed massive numbers of people and caused horrible scenes within Haiti.