PIH: Spring Rains Will Flood Haiti With Cholera

Partners In Health Get involved. Sign up at www.pih.org/fightcholera SPRING RAINS WILL FLOOD HAITI WITH CHOLERA "The Haitian cholera epidemic is the largest the world has seen in recent history. Haiti deserves nothing less than a comprehensive integrated response using all of the tools at our disposal." – PAUL FARMER Without modern sanitation, rains carry Cholera bacteria are ingested Lacking access to clean water, people use water contaminated human waste into the river from rivers and canals to bathe, clean, and cook and people become severely ill CHOLERA BACTERIA BEFORE RAINY SEASON 1.6 Inches (Average Rainfall, March) 18,908 Cholera Infections (April, 2011) DURING RAINY SEASON 5.6 Inches (Average Rainfall, May) 50,405 Cholera Infections (June, 2011)