21. Over 50 Dead from Hurricane Sandy in Haiti
(Matching tags: agriculture, idp, cholera)

"The whole south is under water," Haitian Prime Minister Lamothe told the AP this weekend. Four days of rain that saw accumulations surpass 20 inches have left over 50 dead and 20 missing throughout Haiti ...

22. Daily Headlines – October 29, 2012
(Matching tags: elections, cholera, Argentina, Haiti, ecuador, vulture funds, chile, financial reform)

... homes as well as crops. Haiti, which has been grappling with a cholera epidemic for two years, could see increased cases over the next few weeks as the rising water levels facilitate the disease’s spread. ...

23. Two Years After the Outbreak of Cholera in Haiti, Access to Clean Water and Sanitation is Desperately Needed
(Matching tags: minustah, sanitation, cholera)

A press statement [PDF] released today, co-signed by CEPR and a number of other organizations, states: On the second anniversary of the outbreak of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, human rights groups, ...

24. Cholera: Two Years On, and the UN Has Yet to Take Responsibility
(Matching tags: minustah, sanitation, msf, cholera)

It has now been over two years since the first cholera death in Haiti after more than a century. Over 7,500 people in Haiti have died from the disease so far, and over 600,000 have been sickened. While ...

25. Haitian Prime Minister: Cholera Under Control
(Matching tags: cholera)

In an interview following his meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe told Reuters that cholera is “really under control.”  Well, that certainly depends on ...

26. UN Secretary General Recommends Creating Timeline for MINUSTAH Withdrawal
(Matching tags: haitian national police, minustah, elections, cholera)

In his mandated report on MINUSTAH, the United Nations Secretary General for the first time outlines the creation of a timetable for withdrawal of MINUSTAH personnel from Haiti. UNSG Ban Ki-moon writes: ...

27. Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold?
(Matching tags: flooding, hurricane season, camps, idps, cholera)

The latest news from the Associated Press suggests Tropical Storm Isaac may not reach hurricane strength before hitting Haiti: Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the ...

28. Tropical Storm Isaac Heads for Haiti, Likely to Leave a Spike in Cholera in its Wake
(Matching tags: ocha, hurricane season, idps, cholera)

... could also bring a spike in cholera infections. As we have pointed out before, along with countless news articles, medical reports, and NGO press releases, Haiti’s cholera infections surge with rainy weather, ...

29. 104 Members of Congress Call for the UN to Take Responsibility for Cholera
(Matching tags: minustah, sanitation, disease, cholera)

Haiti’s cholera infection and death rates show an alarming recent increase, with official statistics reporting 290 deaths and nearly 40,000 cases in May and June alone, as the rainy season returned. Pressure ...

30. UNASUR Debates Reduction of MINUSTAH Contingent
(Matching tags: minustah, cholera, accountability, unasur)

... Uruguay, as well as the overwhelming evidence suggesting that MINUSTAH bears responsibility for introducing cholera into Haiti. As the Telesur correspondent in Paraguay, Amanda Huerta explained, there ...

31. In Wake of Scandals and Cholera, Anger Rises Against Minustah
(Matching tags: minustah, ijdh, cholera, accountability)

... abuse incidents and the introduction of cholera in late 2010.  As the article explains, the negative feelings that these scandals have stirred up among Haitians are compounded by the general lack of accountability ...

32. Kolera 2012: “It gets worse”
(Matching tags: partners in health, doctors without borders, ocha, ngos, cholera)

While most major U.S. media attention focuses elsewhere, NGO’s and UN agencies are sounding alarm bells about rising rates of cholera infection. A release today from the UN Office for the Coordination ...

33. Group Warns of Inadequate Cholera Response as UN Concedes “Band-Aid” Approach is Ineffective
(Matching tags: minustah, sanitation, aid, cholera)

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Wednesday that not enough has been done to prepare for the rainy season and the corresponding surge in cholera that is expected. The international humanitarian organization ...

34. CEPR in the News April 2012
(Matching tags: imf, world bank, cholera, economy, housing, Haiti, Social Security, stimulus, austerity, low-wage workers, Latvia)

The following highlights CEPR's latest research, publications, events and much more. CEPR on Low-Wage Workers A recent CEPR paper on the low-wage labor force finds that the average low-wage worker today ...

35. More People at Risk Due to Red Tape, Under-funding of Emergency Relief
(Matching tags: partners in health, rainy season, aid pledge, cholera)

The rainy season is returning to Haiti, and so is an expected increase in cholera infections. There have been as many deaths – 13 –  in the last eight reported days as there were in all of January ...

36. Bill Clinton Says MINUSTAH Soldier Introduced Cholera to Haiti
(Matching tags: minustah, ansel herz, cholera)

While the UN has long denied responsibility for introducing cholera to Haiti, the UN Special Envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton acknowledged today that a MINUSTAH soldier introduced the deadly bacteria that has ...

37. Evaluation of Donor Response to Haiti Earthquake Shows "Building Back Better" Nothing But a Slogan
(Matching tags: aid distribution, usaid, shelter, reconstruction, haitian government, haitian ngos, transparency, aid coordination, donors, cholera, housing)

For the previous five years an independent organization, DARA, has been publishing the Humanitarian Response Index (HRI). The DARA website explains the HRI as “the world’s only independent tool for measuring ...

38. New Survey Shows that Residents of Port-au-Prince Want MINUSTAH to Leave and Compensate Victims of Cholera
(Matching tags: minustah, cholera)

... UN soldiers are also widely considered to be responsible for introducing cholera to Haiti, an epidemic that has killed over 7000 people and infected over half a million, according to conservative estimates.  ...

39. CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot Pushes for UN Accountability on Haiti, in ABC News Reports
(Matching tags: minustah, cholera, Haiti)

CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot continued to push for UN accountability in Haiti over the past week, for UN responsibility in introducing a cholera epidemic that has killed thousands, and for the sexual ...

40. Cholera Cases Down, But Are Past Mistakes Being Repeated?
(Matching tags: aid distribution, un, cholera, donor)

Although cholera cases decreased by nearly half from July to August following the predictable spike during the rainy season, on average, cholera infected more than 500 people and killed three people each ...