Heavy rains in Haiti cause an increase in cholera cases Heavy rains that have hit Haiti over the last days of March have produced a significant increase in cholera cases, which were submitted during the dry season. Public health experts warn that this situation will worsen during the next hurricane season, which begins in June.
PLAN, an international organization for child poverty, has also noted an increase in infections during the last days at the point of rehydration and treatment units are installed cholera in the provinces of East, Northeast and West of Haiti in October 2010 occurred in the country's first cholera outbreak in a hundred years. These facilities are the first place where they met people who still live in camps or in areas of difficult access.
Various agencies including the Ministry of Health of Haiti, the World Health Organization Pan American Health Organization and several local authorities have issued an official warning about the possible resumption of the cholera epidemic in the coming months.
"Timely action is essential to treat cholera and most people of Haiti, living without proper sanitation or access to clean water, the support of PLAN in the response to cholera is now more important than ever, "said Concha Lopez, general director of PLAN in Spain.
A Despite the decrease in cases in recent months, PLAN has not ceased in its response to the epidemic. As a result of the sustainability and quality of the projects of the organization, the Haitian Ministry of Health has applied for support to manage the situation in the city of Jacmel, capital of Southeast, and around where the mortality rates among patients cholera are particularly high (8%).
PLAN work against cholera.
PLAN has conducted extensive public prevention campaigns in schools, local radio stations, health centers, streets and through visits "door to-door workers in the health brigade PLAN to raise awareness about the adoption of basic hygiene measures.
also been vaccinated to date, more than 31,000 children against cholera and other diseases, and has provided kits of hygiene and sanitation to 100,000 people. It has also distributed water-purifying tablets and established the Cholera Treatment Units (UTC), where the population is attended for free.
For technical installations, PLAN has built water tanks with capacity of 4,500 liters each and has drilled wells to provide clean fresh water to the greatest number of people from different communities.
PLAN
in Haiti.
PLAN is present in Haiti since 1973 In January 2010, when there was the devastating earthquake, the country had 173 workers, who began to respond emergence from the outset. Currently, PLAN is developing numerous projects for construction of temporary schools in areas of Jacmel and Croix-des-Bouquets, a suburb of Port au Prince.