http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/10/21/haiti.cholera/index.html
The Prime Minister wants to determine where it came from.
Gee I wonder if it could be the over crowded refuge camps that they've had to live in for the last 9 months.
I'm surprised it hasn't happened sooner.
WHERE IN THE HELL IS THE AID THE WORLD PROMISED!
Every country has reneged on the money they pledged.
WHY?
On Friday, Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive called the cholera outbreak "unprecedented" and said authorities were working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to understand what happened.
"We have to determine ... where (the cholera) came from," he said.
Cholera is caused by a bacterial infection of the intestine and, in severe cases, is characterized by diarrhea, vomiting and leg cramps, according to the U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In such cases, rapid loss of body fluids can lead to dehydration and shock. "Without treatment, death can occur within hours," the agency says.
A person can get cholera by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the bacteria. During epidemics, the source of the contamination is often the feces of an infected person, and infections can spread rapidly in areas where there is poor sewage treatment and a lack of clean drinking water, according to the CDC.
"If the environmental conditions are not right, anybody who ingests that food or water can get ill," said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor
