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Haiti: Cholera figures (August 2016)

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In the first eight months of 2016, there has been a concerning trend in the number of suspected cholera cases in comparison to the same period of 2015. The number of new cases seen in the past 16 epidemiological weeks - from 15 May to 3 September 2016 - remained greater than the number of new cases seen over the same period in 2014 and 2015. On average, 18 towns were on red alert and 10 others in orange alert during the August 2016. In addition, heavy rains in May have also had an impact on the evolution of the epidemic, together with the reduced availability of funds for cholera response projects, which forced humanitarian actors to decrease human and logistical resources for the rapid response mobile teams active in the field.

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