Haiti Cholera - UN could have prevented Haiti cholera epidemic with a $2,000 health kit, study reveals

Haiti Cholera Update -- Have you heard? The devastating Haiti cholera epidemic could have been prevented if only the United Nations had used a basic health kit for a total of less than $2,000, scientists have found...

KREYOL: Tande sa... Haiti - pou mwens ke $2000 Dola, Nation Unis ta ka ANPECHE Cholera rantre an Haiti... Yon ekip syantis dekouvri yon test yo te ka fè pou Solda MINUSTAH ki koute yon ti kras kob ak kèk antibiotik ki koute mwen ke $1 pa solda tap anpeche cholera rantre an Haiti... Kisa ou panse de sa???

A team of Yale epidemiologists discovered that simple screening tests costing $2.54 each, combined with preventive antibiotics at less than $1 per peacekeeper, could have avoided one of the worst outbreaks of the deadly disease in modern history.

Read the full article on theGuardian.com

Also read Cholera in Haiti - A LOT More People Died from Cholera than Official Count, Read This...

Also read: Haiti Health - CHOLERA is Still Killing an Average of 37 People a Month in the Country

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