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UN caused Cholera epidemic continues to kill in Haiti & Dominican Republic

A United Nations caused cholera epidemic, is still killing people in Haiti and Dominican Republic.

Last week nine people, in the Dominican Republic, died, bringing the total to 71.  The first Dominican Republic case was discovered in November 2010.

But that’s nothing compared to what’s happening in Haiti.

Neighboring Haiti was swept with cholera, starting in October 2010.  As of March 2011 nearly 5,000 people have died, and more than 200,000 are infected.

Health officials working in Haiti say the United Nations grossly underestimated the seriousness of the epidemic: “It is going to be larger than predicted in terms of sheer numbers and will last far longer than the initial projections.”-Dr Sanjay Basu

In fact, Doctor Basu predicts that if conditions don’t improve soon, more than 11,000 Hatians will die by the end of 2011.

Investigations by the UN revealed that UN Peacekeeping troops from Nepal spread the disease due to the unsanitary way they kept their camp ground.

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UN admits Haiti cholera may have come from Peacekeepers, it’s not over

United Nations health investigators say the strain of cholera, that killed more than 4,000 people in Haiti, came from south Asia.

The UN officials say they traced the strain back to a river near a UN peacekeeper camp, that was occupied by troops from Nepal.  The UN admits that sanitation conditions at the camp were below standards.

The UN investigators refuse to blame the Nepalese, even though they say the evidence “overwhelmingly supports” that the Haiti cholera strain came from south Asia.

The cholera epidemic is not over for Haiti.  The United Nations predicts another 800,000 Haitians could become sick this year.