Cholera outbreak in Haiti

Sunday, 24 Oct 2010

Aid groups are struggling to stop Haiti's cholera outbreak spreading to the camps of earthquake survivors in the densely populated capital Port-au-Prince

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Cholera in Haiti: US missionary doctor confirms the man lying in the bed died of cholera — People watch a US missionary doctor confirm a man's death from cholera outside a hospital before being transported home in the town of Drouin Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Cholera in Haiti: A nun hangs a serum bag on a tree for patients — A nun from the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, hangs a serum bag on a tree for patients suffering cholera symptoms in Robine Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Cholera in Haiti: A taxi carries a coffin of a cholera victim in Grande-Saline — A taxi carries a coffin containing the remains of a person who died of cholera in Grande Saline Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Cholera in Haiti: The body of a man who, according to doctors, died of cholera — The body of a man who, according to doctors, died of cholera is carried into the morgue at the St Nicholas hospital in Saint Marc Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Cholera in Haiti: Children receive medical treatment at the hospital of Marchand-Desaline — Children receive medical treatment at the hospital of Marchand-Desalines, Artibonite province, northern Port-au-Prince Photograph: Andres Martines Casares/EPA

Cholera in Haiti: A woman suffering from cholera symptoms waits for treatment — A woman suffering from cholera waits for treatment at the St Nicholas hospital in Saint Marc Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Cholera in Haiti: People receive serum at the St Nicholas hospital in Saint Marc, Haiti — People receive serum at the St Nicholas hospital in Saint Marc Photograph: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP

Cholera in Haiti: People transport the coffin of a relative who died of cholera — People transport by boat the coffin containing the remains of a relative who died of cholera in Robine Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Cholera in Haiti: A woman holds her young daughter while receiving medical attention — A woman holds her young daughter while being treated for cholera at St Nicholas hospital in Saint Marc Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Cholera in Haiti: A sick person arrives by ambulance for medical treatment — A cholera patient arrives by ambulance for medical treatment in Saint Marc Photograph: Thony Belizaire/AFP/Getty Images

Cholera in Haiti: Close to 210 dead and 2,679 hospitalized due to Cholera in Haiti — People are given medical care in the streets in Drouin (Grande Saline), in the Artibonite province as hospitals struggle to cope with the number of patients Photograph: Andres Martinez Casares/EPA

Sunday, 24 Oct 2010

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