At least one person has died of cholera in Haiti, officials said this week, stoking fears of an outbreak as widespread gang control over several parts of the country worsens access to fuel, clean drinking water and medical care.
The Pan-American Health Organization said health-care facilities reported an increase in severe acute diarrhea among hospitalized adults and children in the capital and that more than 20 suspected cholera cases and seven suspected deaths were being investigated.
“Many people will die if effective measures are not taken,” said Etzer Emile, an economist in Haiti. “The gangs will make things worse.” “You are in a lawless country. Nobody is in charge. It’s the gang that’s in charge,” said Cécile Accilien, vice president of the nonprofit Haitian Studies Association. “People cannot go get clean water because they are barricaded by the gang. … People have died because they can’t get to the hospital.”
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