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09-20-2012, 02:20 PM
On Tuesday, September 18, CARICOM signed a declaration to become one of the newest partners in the new Regional Coalition on Water and Sanitation for the Elimination of Cholera in the Island of Hispaniola.
The signing took place at a briefing of Ministers of Health on the Cholera epidemic in Haiti, at the Headquarters of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) ahead of the 28th Pan-American Sanitary Conference. The World Bank and the International Red Cross Federation were also signatories.
Between October 2010 and May of this year, more than half a million people became ill as a result of cholera in Haiti, while more than 7,000 have lost their lives. The Dominican Republic has reported more than 21,000 cases and over 400 deaths from cholera.
The initial members of the new coalition are the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), UNICEF, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS), Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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The signing took place at a briefing of Ministers of Health on the Cholera epidemic in Haiti, at the Headquarters of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) ahead of the 28th Pan-American Sanitary Conference. The World Bank and the International Red Cross Federation were also signatories.
Between October 2010 and May of this year, more than half a million people became ill as a result of cholera in Haiti, while more than 7,000 have lost their lives. The Dominican Republic has reported more than 21,000 cases and over 400 deaths from cholera.
The initial members of the new coalition are the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), UNICEF, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS), Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/2012/09/14/cholera-fight.html (http://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/2012/09/14/cholera-fight.html)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)