Via News-Medical.net: Haiti’s Ministry of Health takes action to control cholera in areas affected by Hurricane Matthew. Excerpt:
The Haitian Ministry of Health (MSPP) is setting up a vaccination campaign against cholera in areas ravaged by Hurricane Matthew, with support from the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO).
The decision of WHO and other member of the Global Task Force for Cholera Control to approve the request of the MSPP to bring 1 million doses of oral vaccine against cholera is based on the goal of reducing the burden of cholera cases on health care facilities, and of reducing deaths in the departments of the Sud and Grand'Anse, the areas most affected by Hurricane Matthew.
The target population is estimated at over 820,000 people over one year of age. The vaccination campaign will begin November 8, 2016. Activities will focus on the municipalities most vulnerable to cholera outbreaks in the two southern departments of Grand’Anse and Sud, where there has been significant destruction of water and sanitation supply systems.
To this news, an emergency responder in Haiti says via WhatsApp:
Again with another vaccine campaign, after the first was an utter failure. This is just wrong.
