1. Lack of Sanitation Could Lead to Outbreak of Diseases
(Matching tags: sanitation, latrines, ocha, disease)

Patricia Mazzei reports for the Miami Herald on the lack of sanitation and the possibility of diseases spreading throughout the make-shift camps: "But now, more than five weeks after the quake, the dangers ...

2. 104 Members of Congress Call for the UN to Take Responsibility for Cholera
(Matching tags: minustah, sanitation, disease, cholera)

... to confront and, ultimately, eliminate this deadly disease from Haiti and the rest of the island of Hispaniola.  A failure to act will not only lead to countless more deaths: it will undermine the ...

3. A Brief History of Failure in Post-Quake Haiti
(Matching tags: aid distribution, contractors, usaid, shelter, reconstruction, disease, ngos, red cross, cholera)

... Addressing the role of big NGO’s, for example, Reitman writes On top of the earthquake, aid workers in Haiti are contending with a cholera crisis, a disease of poverty spread through poor sanitation ...

4. Heavy Rains Threaten to Bring More Cholera Cases; What to Do About It?
(Matching tags: aristide, sanitation, disease, ngos, red cross, cholera)

... conditions for the spread of water-borne diseases like cholera. "[The weather service] is talking about possibly 10 inches in Haiti. That's a huge amount of water," said Julie Sell, spokesperson for ...

5. "Brazil, MINUSTAH, Need a Timetable for Withdrawal" - Mark Weisbrot in Folha de Sao Paulo
(Matching tags: aid distribution, un, aristide, minustah, disease, election, wikileaks)

CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot wrote in Folha de São Paulo, Brazil's largest circulation newspaper, yesterday: U.S. diplomatic cables now released from Wikileaks make it clearer than ever before ...

6. MINUSTAH Brought Cholera Into Haiti; Sought to Keep Aristide Out
(Matching tags: rainy season, aristide, minustah, disease, wikileaks)

Revelations about MINUSTAH are in the news again. First, a new study published in a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) journal affirms that a MINUSTAH camp was the origin of the cholera ...

7. As Hurricane Season Nears, Bottlenecks Increase Dangers to IDP’s
(Matching tags: shelter, disease, ngos, relocation, evictions, hurricane season)

The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report last week noting, among other things, that the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission (IHRC) is still not operational, although it still has ...

8. Members of Congress Want Answers on Lack of Results from U.S. Assistance Effort
(Matching tags: aid distribution, rainy season, usaid, un, shelter, sanitation, disease)

An editorial in the New York Times today describes the findings of a UN report that shows the cholera outbreak “may have originated” at a MINUSTAH camp, and says “The fact that the disease is still spreading ...

9. Will the International Community Stand Idly By While Over 11,000 Haitians Die from Cholera?
(Matching tags: aid distribution, rainy season, shelter, sanitation, disease, ngos)

In the wake of last week’s letter by 53 members of the U.S. Congress urging prioritizing the needs of IDP’s, Georgianne Nienaber underscores the urgency of the situation in a new piece for Haiti Live News ...

10. IACHR Urges U.S. to Stop Deporting Sick People to Haiti
(Matching tags: sanitation, disease, ngos)

... adequate sanitation or toilets could facilitate the transmission of cholera, tuberculosis, and other diseases.” The deceased, Wildrick Guerrier, 34, exhibited cholera-like symptoms but is believed to ...