One year after the major earthquake in Haiti, that occurred in 2010, the country is dealing with a cholera epidemic. This is the first outbreak of cholera in Haiti in over one-hundred years. The year following the earthquake “there has been some 140,000 cases with the death toll well over 3,000” (Brown, 2011) and was reported to have exploded rapidly in late October, 2010. Even though measures are being taken to fight the cholera outbreak, cholera is a bacterial disease of poverty and is affecting rural areas differently than cities.
Cholera is a bacterial disease that is spread by contaminated water and human feces. The victims of cholera experience symptoms such as, diarrhea, vomiting, and the common symptoms of dehydration due to the lack of fluids in the body and without treatment can begin to shut down major organs in hours. One man described the toll that was taken on his five-year-old son as “one minute he was playing soccer and then soon after falling gravely ill”. If treated in time, cholera may be treated with antibiotics to fight the bacteria and fluids to replenish the body.
Sixty percent of the population in Haiti live rurally. The women and children in the country …show more content…
The government of Haiti has proposed to start on these infrastructures, it is all considered to be part of a larger issue, reconstruction after the earthquake and they have not yet received funding for these proposals. Until Haiti receives that funding, the main goal is to contain the outbreak as much as possible with the resources that have or have been given by international affairs, setting up treatment centers, and by building latrines that are usable for years and may be used by multiple people. Haitians are attempting to spread the message among the country, to only drink purified water, wash their hands, and to only use
Cholera is a bacterial disease that is spread by contaminated water and human feces. The victims of cholera experience symptoms such as, diarrhea, vomiting, and the common symptoms of dehydration due to the lack of fluids in the body and without treatment can begin to shut down major organs in hours. One man described the toll that was taken on his five-year-old son as “one minute he was playing soccer and then soon after falling gravely ill”. If treated in time, cholera may be treated with antibiotics to fight the bacteria and fluids to replenish the body.
Sixty percent of the population in Haiti live rurally. The women and children in the country …show more content…
The government of Haiti has proposed to start on these infrastructures, it is all considered to be part of a larger issue, reconstruction after the earthquake and they have not yet received funding for these proposals. Until Haiti receives that funding, the main goal is to contain the outbreak as much as possible with the resources that have or have been given by international affairs, setting up treatment centers, and by building latrines that are usable for years and may be used by multiple people. Haitians are attempting to spread the message among the country, to only drink purified water, wash their hands, and to only use