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WHO: Haiti cholera vaccine will prevent majority of severe cases

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A huge cholera vaccination campaign has begun in Haiti where there's been a spike in suspected cases of the disease since Hurricane Matthew struck the island on 4 October. Focusing on the worst…

9 Nov 2016 / Listen /

“Desperate situation” for children in post-hurricane Haiti will persist

two boys eat in a church in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti, a neighbourhood to the east of the capital Port-au-Prince, where they took shelter from Hurricane Matthew. Photo: UNICEF/Bahare Khodabande

Children who have been affected by the hurricane which struck Haiti one month ago face a desperate situation which…

4 Nov 2016 / Listen /

UN will "do the right thing" for Haitian people

Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson during his interview with UN News Centre. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

The UN is determined to "do the right thing" on behalf of the Haitian people when it comes to…

25 Oct 2016 / Listen /

Making sure women and girls are included in Haiti hurricane response

The World Food Programme (WFP) and their local partner Fondation pour le Développement et L'encadrement de la Famille Haïtienne (Fondefh), distribute food to residents of Torbek, a commune on the outskirts of Les Cayes that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Matthew. UN Photo/ Logan Abassi

Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, some girls living in displacement camps resorted to trading sex in order to…

23 Oct 2016 / Listen /
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