Update on Progress in Selected Public Health Programs After the 2010 Earthquake and Cholera Epidemic — Haiti, 2014

On January 12, 2010, an earthquake devastated Haiti's infrastructure, killing an estimated 230,000 persons and displacing more than 1.5 million. Ten months later, Haiti experienced the beginning of the largest cholera epidemic ever reported in a single country. Immediately after the earthquake...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2015-02, Vol.64 (6), p.137-140
Main Authors: Domercant, J. Wysler, Guillaume, Florence D., Marston, Barbara J., Lowrance, David W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use
Cholera
Cholera - epidemiology
Disease control
Earthquakes
Elephantiasis, Filarial - epidemiology
Elephantiasis, Filarial - prevention & control
Epidemics
Epidemics - prevention & control
Epidemics - statistics & numerical data
Haiti
Haiti - epidemiology
Health aspects
HIV
HIV Infections - drug therapy
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - transmission
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Immunization Programs - organization & administration
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - prevention & control
Malaria
Malaria - diagnosis
Malaria - epidemiology
Management
Medical treatment
Program Evaluation - statistics & numerical data
Public health
Public Health Administration - statistics & numerical data
Rabies - epidemiology
Rabies - prevention & control
Sanitation
Sentinel Surveillance
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Water
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Summary:On January 12, 2010, an earthquake devastated Haiti's infrastructure, killing an estimated 230,000 persons and displacing more than 1.5 million. Ten months later, Haiti experienced the beginning of the largest cholera epidemic ever reported in a single country. Immediately after the earthquake and at the start of the cholera epidemic, health priorities in Haiti included improvement of surveillance and laboratory capacity for addressing public health threats in the general population and targeted surveillance and provision of improved water and sanitation in camps for internally displaced persons. As part of a multi-sector, post-earthquake response in collaboration with the Government of Haiti and others, CDC focused on supporting the recovery, expansion, or establishment of several key health programs. This update reports progress in selected health programs, services, and systems in Haiti as of the end of 2014.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X