1. Cholera Continues to Spread After Hurricane Sandy
(Matching tags: minustah, cholera)

Hurricane Sandy dumped up to 20 inches of rain of parts of Haiti last month and, in addition to the immediate devastation on crops, people, roads and homes, it has led to an increase in the number of cholera ...

2. Donor Disbursements Slowing According to Latest Data from Special Envoy
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The Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti released updated data this week on public sector donor disbursements since the earthquake in Haiti. The Special Envoy has been instrumental in holding donors accountable ...

3. UN Human Rights Expert: Haiti and International Community Should “Throw Light” on Cause of Cholera Outbreak
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... on the cause of the cholera outbreak and “respond to any compensation requests”. The cholera outbreak has killed at least 8,050 and sickened over 650,000 more. In his report Forst notes that the “question ...

4. As Cholera Continues to Spread, Some Turn to Composting to Help Fight it
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As of March 4, 2013, cholera has killed 8,057 Haitians and infected nearly 650,000 more. Despite some claims of progress, the epidemic, which was introduced by United Nations troops, has been significantly ...

5. When Will the United Nations Pay for Its Actions in Haiti?
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An op-ed in the Caribbean Journal by HRRW's Jake Johnston reads: Less than a week after cholera began its violent spread throughout Haiti, a UN military base in the central plateau became the prime suspect ...

6. Cholera Eradication Plan Announced, But Funding Still in Question
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865 days after Haiti’s cholera epidemic first began, with over 8,000 dead and some 650,000 sickened, the government of Haiti, with international support, officially launched a ten-year cholera eradication ...

7. UN’s Immunity Claim Provokes Outrage
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The U.N.’s claim of immunity in response to the legal complaint filed against it on behalf of over 6,000 cholera victims has provoked outrage. Author Kathie Klarreich called it “unconscionable and immoral” ...

8. Both Duvalier and the UN Continue to Try to Dodge Responsibility
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... filed by over 6,000 cholera victims calling for U.N. responsibility in causing the epidemic. Apparently no more interested in facing the music than Duvalier is, the statement reads:  ...

9. From Camp to Kanaan to One of Haiti’s First Sewage Treatment Plants
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Port-au-Prince - It “shook the house, like this” he says, violently rocking back and forth, acting it out. He yelled to his wife to get out, grabbed the children and went to the street. “Ten minutes later ...

10. The U.S. State Department’s Uninspiring Report to Congress
(Matching tags: aid distribution, usaid, shelter, agriculture, debt relief, cholera)

... in Port-au-Prince” and four “Haitian small- and medium-size enterprises” that “won matching grants” in a “business plan competition.” The report is also notable for what it does not mention: cholera, ...