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Cholera cases are overwhelming Haiti, and experts warn the situation could worsen now that the country is bustling following the end of a paralyzing fuel blockade that lasted two months.
Ralph Ternier, the chief medical officer for Zanmi Lasante/Partners In Health, helped roll out an oral vaccine campaign to combat cholera in Haiti.
PORT-AU-PRINCE A lingering constitutional crisis in Haiti that has triggered protests, unrest, and bureaucratic chaos is overshadowing the country’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout – and fanning a vaccine hesitancy that has also led to fewer immunisations against preventable diseases. “What we see from recent data is that there is a huge drop in acceptance of injections,” Yves Sassenrath, country director of the United Nations Population Fund, or UNFPA, told The New Humanitarian. “The immunisation sector is being hit in Haiti by lack of trust in the health system, misinformation, access ...