The last cholera statistics that the MSPP posted on its Documentation page were for August 29. We are now three full weeks from that date, and no one seems to have any numbers more recent. (Not that it really matters, MSPP's numbers being widely understood to be a major undercount.)
But most NGOs rarely talk about cholera any more. (A notable exception: Partners in Health.) Nor does PAHO, the local office of WHO. God knows MINUSTAH, which brought cholera to Haiti, maintains a discreet silence on the embarrassing subject.
I know Haitian media also have their problems, but it's discouraging to see how rarely HaitiLibre.com mentions cholera these days. The Haitian government's irrelevance means President Martelly can take months just to get a Prime Minister approved. Now let's see if he can put some ministers in his cabinet, especially someone competent to replace Dr. Larsen, who's a hangover from the previous (and dubious) government.
Out in the Cholera Treatment Centres, people are shitting through holes in their beds, and unpaid healthcare workers are trying to help them. But the agencies like PAHO, which should be reminding the world about this disaster, say nothing.
A month from now we will complete Haiti's first year in her time of cholera.
