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10-28-2010, 03:50 PM
The good news is that Dominicans have a strong culture of drinking bottled or boiled water. Efforts are being stepped up to stress the importance of hygiene, hand-washing and clean water in preventing the spread of cholera.
Cholera is transmitted by drinking water or eating food that has been contaminated with the bacteria.
During epidemics, the source of the contamination is often the feces of an infected person, and infections can spread rapidly in areas where there is poor sewage treatment and a lack of clean drinking water.
The public information campaign advises people to boil food and water, avoid raw vegetables and wash with soap frequently.
The cholera outbreak in Haiti has motivated local authorities to shake off their laissez faire attitude towards street food vendors. Hygiene in many of these is minimal levels. As reported in Hoy, some street vendors interviewed said that street sales have declined since the news of cholera in Haiti.
Santo Domingo Mayor Roberto Salcedo announced that the municipality was working with the Ministry of Public Health to remove food vendors who don't meet hygiene standards. He said the Public Spaces Defense Department was already at work in this area, and had removed vendors from around the main public hospitals. The UASD also announced new efforts to monitor food sold by street vendors near the university.
Hoy reports that popular culture downplays what could happen here. "If it doesn't kill you, it will make you fat," "I saw it on TV, but I have forgotten," "One has to die of something," were comments reporters heard over and over again, from those interviewed.
The cholera outbreak came after recent heavy rains caused the banks of the Artibonite River to overflow and flood the area. The river was dammed in 1956 to create Lac de Peligre and is Haiti's dominant drainage system.
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Cholera is transmitted by drinking water or eating food that has been contaminated with the bacteria.
During epidemics, the source of the contamination is often the feces of an infected person, and infections can spread rapidly in areas where there is poor sewage treatment and a lack of clean drinking water.
The public information campaign advises people to boil food and water, avoid raw vegetables and wash with soap frequently.
The cholera outbreak in Haiti has motivated local authorities to shake off their laissez faire attitude towards street food vendors. Hygiene in many of these is minimal levels. As reported in Hoy, some street vendors interviewed said that street sales have declined since the news of cholera in Haiti.
Santo Domingo Mayor Roberto Salcedo announced that the municipality was working with the Ministry of Public Health to remove food vendors who don't meet hygiene standards. He said the Public Spaces Defense Department was already at work in this area, and had removed vendors from around the main public hospitals. The UASD also announced new efforts to monitor food sold by street vendors near the university.
Hoy reports that popular culture downplays what could happen here. "If it doesn't kill you, it will make you fat," "I saw it on TV, but I have forgotten," "One has to die of something," were comments reporters heard over and over again, from those interviewed.
The cholera outbreak came after recent heavy rains caused the banks of the Artibonite River to overflow and flood the area. The river was dammed in 1956 to create Lac de Peligre and is Haiti's dominant drainage system.
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21650 (http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21650)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)