Haiti - Cholera: Fact Sheet #20, 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) staff and implementing grantees continue to note the decreasing rate of new cholera cases countrywide. However, ongoing reports of new cases in rural areas persist. Nevertheless, information campaigns have effectively prompted individuals with initial symptoms of cholera to seek immediate treatment; this has contributed to the prevailing downward trend of cholera case fatality rates (CFRs) in Haiti'from 2.2 percent on December 10, 2010, to 2.0 percent to date. ? On February 14, USAID/OFDA staff met with M'decins sans Fronti'res (MSF) to discuss its emergency cholera response transition strategy. MSF'which operates CTFs in eight of Haiti's ten departments'notes that patient numbers have decreased in its facilities countrywide, admitting approximately 3,000 patients per week compared to the peak of 10,000 patients per week in late November. MSF remains committed to responding to the emergency, but emphasized the importance of scaling back international presence in clinics and shifting operations to the Government of Haiti (GoH) Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) and local hospitals. Consequently, MSF is actively communicating its transition strategy to the MSPP, donors, non-governmental organization, and local officials involved in the cholera response.