Cholera in Haiti

• When was the earthquake in Haiti?


  January 2010
• What magnitude was the earthquake in Haiti?

  7.0
• How far was the Earthquake from the capital of Haiti?

  15km southwest from Port au Prince
• What type of plate boundary did the earthquake in Haiti occur on?

  Conservative plate boundary
• What plates caused the earthquake in Haiti in 2010?

  North American, Caribbean
• What is Cholera?

  An infectious disease caused by pathogens being ingested from contaminated food and/or water.
• What type of spread was Cholera?

  Epidemic
• How many people died from the earthquake in Haiti?

  220,000
• How many people were displaced due to the earthquake in Haiti?

  1.3 million
• How much of the population live on $2.50 a day?


  60%
• What encouraged the spread of Cholera in Haiti?

  • Over-crowding
  • Displacement
  • Lack of access to clean water and healthcare
• What are the environmental factors influencing the spread of Cholera in Haiti?

  • Climate
  • Rainy season
  • Temperatures
• What are the 5 human factors causing the spread of Cholera in Haiti?

  • Sanitation and water supply
  • Poverty
  • Population density
  • Migration
  • Aid
• What were some of the impacts that Cholera had on Haiti?

  • Fatality rate - largest epidemic recorded in a single country
  • Increased food prices - farmers refused to harvest paddy fields in fear of Cholera. Meat prices tripled as people refused to eat fish from the river.
  • Riots - Panic caused by outbreak
• What were national strategies implemented to minimise the impacts of Cholera?

  • Community health agents conducted home visits and treated suspected cases of oral rehydration
  • National plan aims to increase access to clean water to 85% and primary healthcare from 47% to 80%
• What were international strategies implemented to minimise the impacts of Cholera?

  • Oxfam provided tanker water to 70% of camps to prevent the spread of cholera
  • UNICEF set up alerts to outbreaks via text and radio
  • Vaccination - 750,000 of the most vulnerable were vaccinated by 2017