In Haiti, water has become synonymous with death. The lack of sanitation coupled with poor hygiene has resulted in an outbreak of cholera - not seen for over a century - in this country still recovering from the devastating earthquake. Despite international aid, it seems to be a losing battle against this deadly disease.
This week we take a look at re-emerging diseases: illnesses that everyone thought had been practically wiped out, yet are now rearing their heads once again.
With a capital city still in ruins, a worsening political crisis, and a devastating cholera epidemic that shows no sign of ending, Haiti is about to exit the worst 12 months in its history - but with little to look forward to.
Angry and fearful Haitians have lynched at least 40 people suspected of spreading cholera in recent weeks, officials have said, while a new study provided the strongest evidence yet that the disease came from South Asia.
The United Nations has announced the creation of an independent investigation panel to determine the origins of the cholera epidemic that has killed more than 2,000 people in Haiti and which some locals have blamed on UN peacekeepers.
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As Haiti begins to return to normal after the post-election violence, humanitarian workers face a continuing fight to bring the cholera epidemic under control. Our reporters caught up with a group of aid workers in the capital Port-au-Prince and joined them on what's becoming an increasingly nationwide mission.
Haiti is bracing for the results of its turbulent presidential election amid allegations of fraud, streets protests and a devastating cholera outbreak. The poll is widely expected to go to a deciding second round in January.
Almost 90,000 cases cholera have been recorded in Haiti’s first outbreak of the disease in more than a century. It has has left over 2,000 people dead, according to Health ministry figures released on Monday.
Never has an election in Haiti seemed further from politics as usual: Eleven months after a devastating earthquake and in the midst of a cholera epidemic, the people of this Caribbean island have voted in the first round of the presidential poll. The election is a symbol of the determination of the Haitian people to soldier on in the face of tremendous hardship.
