Cholera in Haiti

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As of 20 November 2010, the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) reported 60,240 cumulative cholera cases including 1,415 deaths at the national level. The case fatality rate in hospitals at the national level is 2.3%, with 67% of the deaths occurring at health services level and 33% at community level. 

To see more from the WHO please go here http://www.who.int/csr/don/2010_11_24/en/

Information on cholera from HPSC is available here http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/Gastroenteric/Cholera/Factsheet/