7.5 million Haitians in rural areas at high cholera risk, says NGO

16 Nov 2010 10:21:00 GMT
Source: Plan UK
Website: http://www.plan-uk.org
SOME 7.5 million people living in rural Haiti are at high risk from ravages of cholera, children’s organization Plan International has warned.

The NGO has said that people living in isolated areas without services are under threat from the disease which has claimed hundreds of lives across the country.

Jim Emerson, Country Director of Plan in Haiti said that there is a need to mobilize a large humanitarian response quickly, since “rural areas hinder access to the kind of medical care and health services that could easily save thousands of lives.”

Plan has called upon the UN and government to step in and support the efforts of NGOs in combating cholera and not neglect the majority of people living outside the capital, especially the children who are especially vulnerable to the rapid dehydration associated with the highly preventable and treatable disease.

“With an aggressive bacteria such as cholera, time is of the essence. Without treatment, death can come in a matter of three hours,” said Emerson. “Which is why Plan is focusing on widespread education programs that teach people how not to get sick in the first place.”

More than 900 people are confirmed to have died from the disease to date with some 14,600 confirmed cases across the country. Hurricane Tomas brushed the west coast of Haiti earlier this month and contributed to a spike in the number of cases. It’s estimated that nearly as many people who were killed by the January 12, 2010 earthquake could be sickened by cholera in the coming months, if no significant action is taken.

Plan has been working with youths and families in around a 100 rural communities to help spread the awareness about the importance of good hygiene and drinking safe water. They are taught the signs and symptoms of cholera and what to do in case it strikes. Plan has also run hygiene awareness programs in over 260 schools.

Emergency health centres have also been set up to care for the infected and aid packages containing soap, water purification tablets, electrolytes and small treatment kits have been distributed to families. Plan has some 376,000 units of life-saving oral re-hydration salts on hand for distribution, which will benefit approximately 32,160 large families.

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  1. Pi gwo koz epidemi kolera a, se, konsekans mechanste gouvenman A yisyen Preval-Bellerive la. Pou kisa Mwen di sa? Dapre analiz ki fet sou tout evantyalite ak posibilite pou genyen epidemi kolera nan yon peyi done, seke,pwodui konvez yo, genyen yon tanperati, yon dat dekspirasyon ke yo dwe respekte pou pa mete sante ak lavi moun andanje.

    Nou genyen yon gouvenman iresponsab nan tet peyi a. Ministe sante piblik pa fe dyob li. Pa genyen okenn kontwol ki fet nan domen sa a, paske se gwo zouzoun yo k ap fe lajan.Medikaman, manje, dlo,meb,rad,pwodui pou moun sevi, pa pase anba kontwol okenn sevis ki dwe genyen enspekte sanite tankou sa konn fet sou gouvenman Duvalier. Le nou t ap leve sou Duvalier, Ofisye Sanite yo te aktik epi yo te prezan sout tout teritwa peyi a.

    Sou Duvalier, tout kanal dlo sal te konn aspeje, netwaye regilyeman pou pwoteje lavi pep la.Tankou, Mr a di, kolera sa a , se konsekans ak rezilta politik lane 1990 yo nan peyi a.Se verite. Sou Duvalier, Site Simone te pi pwop pase Channmas jodi a. Kay Site Simone te pi pwop pase salon Pale Nasyonal jodi a.

    Sou Duvalier,tout moun te vaksine regilyema, gran moun tankou timoun alawonnbade.Sevis SNEM te prezan sou otut teritwa peyi a.

    Depi Duvalier kite peyi a,Vakabon, lalfave tonton madan preval, Jal Henri Namphy, deklare banboch demokratik epi, tout voreyn debake sou tet nan peyi, san yon senkob kwiv, pou vin gaye manifestasyon ak dechouchaj tribo babo, pou vann dwog, fe trafik zam, rele pep la pou vin bati bidonvil tout kote, pou mande pep la pou bati kounouk sou te moun san otorizasyon,pou mache femen tout faktori, kreye chomaj,konsa, tout moun konveti tet yo an machann achte nan yon mache kwabosal, ak nan tout katye rezidansyel pou fe moun anwo sibi presyon demokrasi pepe.

    Denye kout kat pou bannou kolera-Ministah a, seke, apre 12 Janvye 2010 la, Gouvenman Preval-Bellerive la, sezi epi estoke tout ed ki rantre nan peyi a, pou yo kapab fe dilatwa ak chantay, pou distribye ed sa yo bay senpatizan pouvwa a, pou prepare eleksyon-kokayin-Inite -Dwog – Ministah yo pwograme pou 28 Novanm 2010 la.

    Tout pwodui sa yo gate, yo ekspire, yo pa bon anko pou moun itilize. Menmsi, genyen zafe matye fekal konpayi Sanco, Elizabeth Preval-Jude Celestin- Nepale Minustah tou nan koze a, men, si sete selman sa, se selman nan Latibonit ak zon avwazinant yo ki ta p afekte, epi, li t ap posib pou bleke epidemi a byen vit.

    Le nou konstate, avek ki rapidite ke epidemi sa a ap vale teren, nou tout we byen kle, ke se move jesyon ed apre 12 Janvye yo k ap frape.Pou rezon sa a, tout moun dwe admet ke Gouvenman Preval-Bellerive la dwe jije, kondane e ekzekite pou trase yon ekzanp pou lot pretandan dirijan peyi a alavni, men jan sa te fet nan peyi Ghana, pou estope epi brize definitivman machin koripsyon an.

    A kote revolisyon pou netwaye peyi anba tout ajan epidemi kolera-Preval-Bellerive-Nepale-Babet-Tintin=Ministah a, nou dwe mennen bon jan envestigasyon ankachet,pou nou prepare bon jan dosye pou nou jije yo.

    Nou pa sot, nou entelijan, nou kapab konprannestrateji sa a byen, pa vre. Nou pa vle vin fe revanj ak abi sou pesonn. Men kanta pou nou pa ba yo yon leson patriyotik la , se bliye sa.

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