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**Gasfghj** · 10-24-2010, 06:58 PM

No I haven't been to Haiti but I follow threads about it constantly to try to understand.

Is this outbreak of Cholera a direct consequence of the earthquake or is it something that happens on a regular basis in Haiti?

I do not understand, but again, forgive my ignorance, that if this has to do with the earthquake, that no preventive measures are already have been taken to avoid such outbreak since it can be expected as people are homeless, more concentrated in some area's and essential lifelines (if available before) were destroyed.

Well -- you probably have seen, even here in the DR, how the rivers and streams are used for bathing, washing clothes, washing motos, and for slop entrails of animals from abbatoirs. Now just add to that picture that this is also the DRINKING water supply. While there is Culligan water in bottles available in Haiti... this costs money that many simply do not have.

I think that people in the camps.. even though they are just in tents.. DO have monitored latrine areas and clean water. But I have not been over since the quake so I do not know for sure... only assuming since the camps are under direction of NGOs.

10-24-2010, 06:58 PM	#20
Gasfghj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	No I haven't been to Haiti but I follow threads about it constantly to try to understand. Is this outbreak of Cholera a direct consequence of the earthquake or is it something that happens on a regular basis in Haiti? I do not understand, but again, forgive my ignorance, that if this has to do with the earthquake, that no preventive measures are already have been taken to avoid such outbreak since it can be expected as people are homeless, more concentrated in some area's and essential lifelines (if available before) were destroyed. Well -- you probably have seen, even here in the DR, how the rivers and streams are used for bathing, washing clothes, washing motos, and for slop entrails of animals from abbatoirs. Now just add to that picture that this is also the DRINKING water supply. While there is Culligan water in bottles available in Haiti... this costs money that many simply do not have. I think that people in the camps.. even though they are just in tents.. DO have monitored latrine areas and clean water. But I have not been over since the quake so I do not know for sure... only assuming since the camps are under direction of NGOs.
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