Earthquake, cholera, hurricane in Haiti

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Some 1.5 million Haitians, still homeless after last January’s devastating earthquake, are facing the combined deadly threats of an approaching hurricane and a rapidly spreading cholera epidemic: here.

Tropical storm set to hit Haiti: More than a million people urged to leave flimsy tent camps as Tropical Storm Tomas approaches: here.

The US Congress put up another obstacle today to delivering the $1.15 billion (£600 million) in reconstruction money that it promised to Haiti in March but has so far failed to deliver: here.

200,000 at risk in Haiti cholera epidemic: here.

Haiti sees spike in cholera deaths: Death toll jumps to 917 as international organisations appeal for funds: here.

School reform in Haiti sounds like Naomi Klein‘s Shock Doctrine: here.

A new assessment of global earthquake fatalities over the past three decades indicates that 83 percent of all deaths caused by the collapse of buildings during earthquakes occurred in countries considered to be unusually corrupt: here.

Related articles

• The United Nations’ Shameful History in Haiti (slate.com)
• UN Must Admit Role in Haiti’s Cholera Outbreak That Has Killed Thousands (atlantablackstar.com)
• Yale Law report: UN should be held accountable for Haiti cholera outbreak (theglobaldispatch.com)
• The UN response to Haiti cholera: Send money (crofsblogs.typepad.com)
• Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic Was Likely Brought by Nepalese Soldiers Trying to Help (motherboard.vice.com)
• PAHO issues cholera update for Haiti, Dominican Republic and Cuba (theglobaldispatch.com)