Friends: Cholera has reemerged in Haiti after three years as a result of months of political instability and widespread disruption. 

At the time of writing, Zanmi Lasante (as PIH is known in Haiti) is caring for over 450 patients at five clinics and hospitals, and this number is likely to grow.

The Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population’s recent situation report counts 8,708 suspected cases, 7,623 hospitalizations, and 161 known fatalities so far. The most affected age group is still children younger than five years old. 

Cholera causes such severe vomiting and diarrhea that—if left untreated—a patient can die from dehydration within 24 hours. Most victims are children. 

Injustices reinforce each other. One reason this disease is currently so dangerous to children is that roughly 1 in 5 children in Haiti is chronically malnourished. Malnutrition weakens a child’s immune system, meaning the smallest, most vulnerable children are left least defended. 

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The last time cholera spread in Haiti, the Zanmi Lasante team proved to the world that cholera vaccination could save lives even in the most impoverished places. This led to the creation of a global cholera vaccine stockpile.

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