U.N. aid agencies say access to health facilities and rapid
treatment are key to preventing the spread and escalation of
deaths from cholera in Haiti. The aid agencies warn violence is
jeopardizing their ability to help the victims. Higher number of
causalities than reported Latest figures on the cholera epidemic
from the Haitian Ministry of Public Health are more than 1,100
deaths and nearly 18,400 hospitalizations. But, U.N. aid
agencies note these statistics are several days old and the true
number of deaths and hospitalizations are probably higher.
Cholera is confirmed in seven Haitian regions. Only three remain
free of the disease. World Health Organization Communications
Officer, Christian Lindmeier has just returned from two weeks in
Haiti. U.N. agencies' response He said aid workers are trying to
inform people their lives could depend upon reaching a cholera
treatment center quickly. Unfortunately, he says, civil unrest
in Haiti is slowing cholera prevention and treatment supplies
from reaching affect