Haiti: ACT combats cholera

Friday, January 07, 2011

  • 01More than 3,400 people have died of cholera in Haiti since the outbreak started in October last year. Samuel Sanon is a health brigade worker who teaches people how to avoid cholera, with support from ACT Alliance. ACT/Paul Jeffrey
  • 02Samuel (left) uses a loudspeaker to educate residents of Cité Soleil, a poor neighbourhood of Port au Prince, Haiti. Frantz Viard sprays the muddy street with a chlorine solution to kill the bacteria. ACT/Paul Jeffrey
  • 03A girl gets help to wash her hands after using the toilet in Cité Soleil, where cholera is epidemic. The toilets and health workers are sponsored by the ACT Alliance. ACT/Paul Jeffrey
  • 04A health worker checks an IV on a patient with cholera in a Catholic clinic in Cité Soleil. ACT/Paul Jeffrey
  • 05A young patient with cholera rests in a Catholic clinic in Cité Soleil. ACT/Paul Jeffrey
  • 06The Rev. Henrik Stubkjaer, secretary general of ACT member Dan Church Aid (DCA), gets his feet sprayed with disinfectant by Justivil Carola as he enters a clinic for cholera patients in Port au Prince sponsored by DCA and other ACT members. ACT/Paul Jeffrey
  • 07The Rev. Atle Sommerfeldt, Secretary General of Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), drinks water from a filter system sponsored by NCA and other ACT members that produces 160,000 litres of safe water a day in Port au Prince. ACT/Paul Jeffrey
  • 08A child crawls in rubble left by the earthquake in Cité Soleil, where cholera is epidemic. ACT/Paul Jeffrey
  • 09A girl gets help from an older girl to wash her hands in Bel Air, a poor neighborhood of Port au Prince, Haiti. The faucet and hygiene program are sponsored by Viva Rio with support from members of the ACT Alliance. ACT/Paul Jeffrey

More than 3400 people have died of cholera since the outbreak began in October last year. ACT is responding with cholera-prevention education and training through Viva Rio, a partner of ACT members LWF and NCA, that provides clean water and support to clinics.

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Haiti: after the earthquake