Haiti - Cholera: Fact Sheet #11, Fiscal Year (FY) 2011
This factsheet provides an overview of humanitarian assistance to address widespread cholera outbreak in Haiti. USAID Office of U.S Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) grantee International Organization for Migration (IOM) continues to ensure basic cholera treatment capacity in all camps due to the potential for post-election insecurity. IOM has trained 261 camp focal personnel from 61 sites to establish oral rehydration points (ORPs). The Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster has identified 250 priority sites requiring ORPs, of which 74 were functioning as of December 17. USAID/OFDA is funding three grantees, supporting a total of 117 ORPs throughout Haiti. ? As of December 17, the Government of Haiti (GoH) Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) reported that the nationwide case fatality rate (CFR) for cholera is 2.1 percent, while the CFR in Port-au-Prince is 1.2 percent. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) attributes the lower CFR in Port-au-Prince to the accessibility of cholera treatment facilities in the area. As a result, OCHA concludes that cholera response activities should focus on Grande-Anse, Nippes, North, and Northeast departments, where large populations reside in rural areas. USAID/OFDA supports several grantees to work in underserved and rural areas, including Catholic Relief Services (CRS), which is working Grande-Anse, Nippes, and North departments. ? On December 17, USAID/OFDA committed $1 million to OCHA towards the FY 2011 Consolidated Appeals Process, which begins on January 1, 2011. The funding will support humanitarian coordination and information management countrywide, including support to GoH coordination and response capacity and the cluster coordination mechanism. To date, USAID has provided more than $40.8 million for the cholera response.