Haiti battles cholera epidemic and its foreign aid partners took immediate action on Friday to stop a cholera epidemic that has already killed nearly 200 people and it is considered that 2,000 people affected by this epidemic. It was also the first cholera epidemic in Haiti in a century, the World Health Organization said. But no confirmed cases were reported in Haiti’s rubble-strewn capital, where 1.3 million quake homeless are living in tent cities.
Though the main epidemic part was north of Port-au-Prince, humanitarian agencies were on high alert to thwart the disease from spreading to survivors camps in the capital. Many charitable organizations sent their medical teams, medicines and clean water to the outbreak zone.
The cholera epidemic was the worst medical emergency to beat the poor, disaster-prone Caribbean nation since the devastating earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people.
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