The rising threat of cholera is shaping every aspect of the humanitarian response to Hurricane Matthew, two weeks after the storm wrought devastation across parts of Haiti.
Already, the suspected number of cholera cases in Haiti appears to be rising and is expected to continue to increase. From Oct. 4 to 13 there were 1,116 cases, but from Oct. 2 to 15 new figures showed that number had jumped to 1,351.
There have been 28,559 reported cholera cases and 267 deaths over the course of 2016 through September, a sharp decrease since the epidemic spread in 2010 when nearly 4,000 people died that year alone.
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Amy Lieberman is the U.N. Correspondent for Devex. She covers the United Nations and reports on global development and politics. Amy previously worked as a freelance reporter, covering the environment, human rights, immigration, and health across the U.S. and in more than 10 countries, including Colombia, Mexico, Nepal, and Cambodia. Her coverage has appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Slate, and the Los Angeles Times. A native New Yorker, Amy received her master’s degree in politics and government from Columbia’s School of Journalism.
