Haiti: UN launches major new effort to stem cholera outbreak

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United Nations, New York, 12 November 2010 - United Nations agencies and their partners today appealed for $164 million to support Haiti's efforts to fight the deadly cholera outbreak that has already claimed several hundred lives in the small Caribbean nation.
The funds sought for the Cholera Inter-Sector Response Strategy for Haiti launched today will go towards getting additional doctors, medicines and water purification equipment to respond to the epidemic, which has spread quickly since it was first confirmed on 22 October.

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  • please help them to prevent cholera...

  • Good Ol' UN.. gives them cholera then 'cures' their cholera in exchange for their natural resources and probably a base too.

  • Share the world's resources.

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