- Health Cluster Bulletin Cholera Outbreak in Haiti #2 (16Nov10)
- OCHA Haiti website (17Nov10)
- OCHA Haiti Situation Report # 18 (16Nov10) - Cholera Response
Our U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' "Haitian Health Facilities Working Group" provides the following updates (15Nov10):
- The Citizen Action Team (a Working Group member) has created a database for Cholera Treatment Centers (CTCs) that they update daily as sites open/close using information provided by PAHO/WHO and others. Here is a link to the database.
- PAHO/WHO is maintaining an interactive map regarding the ongoing outbreak. The map shows the total number of cases by department and epidemiological week. You can change the indicator (with the big button between the map and the title) to see cumulative deaths, population, and other relevant info. PAHO/WHO is integrating into the map the health facilities information from the Master List as well as the CTCs information.
- PAHO/WHO maintains Situation Updates where you can get the latest information officially confirmed. Go here to subscribe/unsubscribe.
- Here is an update on the Master List and Resource Finder:
- The link for the Master List. The Master List of health facilities in Haiti now includes information on the Cholera Treatment Centers.
- The link for Resource Finder. Thanks for those who have already inputted information. If you go into editing mode for a health facility in Resource Finder, you'll see a field called 'alert status' underneath 'operational status'. Fill it in with the information you want to include, e.g. '4 cases of cholera' or 'cholera detected' etc. This comment appears in red at the top of the info bubble, and the hospitals cross icon and hospital name in the left-hand list also change to red. In addition, Resource Finder has added the field 'cholera treatment' so that it will be easy to filter for hospitals/health facilities that are noted to be providing cholera treatment. "Please coordinate with the MSPP if you or anyone you know is planning on going to Haiti to deliver health care. This is the protocol under normal circumstances and even more so given the current situation."
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- Download the latest reports from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs describing the current situation and priorities for the present phase of the relief effort. All reports linked below are to Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
- SAFE DRINKING WATER: Water can be made safe to drink using a simple World Health Organization approved method for sanitizing drinking water using plastic bottles and the sun. In a crisis situation, this is lifesaving technology that can help stop the spread of waterborn disease. The Water School is making their SODIS manual available in Creole as a free download at http://www.thewaterschool.org.
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