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Haiti: Cholera figures (as of 27 April 2018)

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The cholera outbreak continues with a slight upward trend in March 2018 with 290 suspected cases and 1 death compared to the 249 suspected cases and 1 death recorded in February. The incidence rate for the period between January and March 2018 was 0.08%, a decrease compared to the same period in 2017 when the incidence rate was 0.37%. The epidemic continues to concentrate in its usual basin: the most affected departments remain Ouest, Centre and Artibonite with 137, 63 and 41 registered cases respectively. However, the recent increase in cases in Nord and Nord-Ouest highlights the fact that vulnerability to cholera remains significant throughout the national territory.

The rainy season from April to June and the beginning of the holiday season across the country, between June and September, are important risk factors that require maintaining the level of response activities. This includes coordination, case management, epidemiological surveillance and community rapid response. The widespread use of oral cholera vaccination to immediately reduce the burden of the disease in hotspots should also be added more systematically to these activities.

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