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“The cholera epidemic is calming down.” Paul Marco, coordinator of Doctors Without Borders, speaks with caution. So with all the positive news in Haiti, which costs believe them. “The great peaks seem out in the last ten days. In the worst of weeks recorded 20,000 cases. Now serve about 6,000. Of course, we can not predict what might happen in Port au Prince in the coming days. And, in the south, still remains uncertain. ”

The words of hope in contrast to the strong framework to figures provided by the Government of Haiti: 3651 dead and 171,304 people infected. Artibonite, the epicenter of the epidemic, continues to lead the deadly statistics, with 837 cases. In the capital have been accounted for 475.

The nuances come later: the decline in the number of people affected is not linked to well-publicized hygiene measures. “Cholera is acting with a certain percentage of the population, about 1.5%. In other words, has attacked those who had to attack,” says Marco.

The young Marie, one of the last infected, you sure do not add up these nuances. Collection yesterday Cafu Red Cross Pean, not an ounce of strength left. He barely managed to enter his stretcher in one of the MSF centers near the port of the capital. Thanks to rapid medical intervention, Marie will be saved. Cholera kills when not answered on time: in one day a patient may lose up to 20 liters of body fluid.

MSF and the health of Haiti, supported by the Cuban contingent of 1,300 people, have engaged in a dog fight face cholera, which has spread throughout the Caribbean country. The experience of the Cubans, who have been working in Haiti and they know their lost corners, ultimately resulted in this fight. The NGO, meanwhile, has met 60% of cases due to its 5,000 members, divided into its 51 medical centers.

Investigate the origins
The first good news about the epidemic coincides with the appointment of the team that will investigate the origins of anger, attributed to the Nepalese peacekeepers. The UN itself has decided to let the prestigious Mexican scientist Alejandro Cravioto, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, who heads the group.

November protests against the Nepalese Haitien caused several deaths and much hatred. A hatred that has spread to voodoo priests. At least 50 people, mostly members of the Afro-Haitian religion, have died lynched by mobs accusing them of attracting the anger with his sorcery.

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