UN: $ 163 Million is Needed to Fight Cholera in Haiti
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | November 12, 2010 22:33
UN calls on countries to urgently raise $ 163.8 million to combat the spread of cholera in Haiti and to assist the victims of this disease.
As reported by Agency France Press, “this official said Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Operations (OCHA) Elizabeth Beers:” We need as quickly as possible to collect these funds. ”
According to recent reports, because of the spread of the disease were hospitalized, 11 thousand people of Haiti, 724 people died. Fireplace spread of cholera in the department of Artibonite in the north of the country: to date there recorded 497 cases were fatal.
The experts are extremely concerned about the situation in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, where after the January earthquake in bad sanitary conditions there are more than 1 million people.
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