Faced with the expansion of cholera, 7 experts leave for Haiti
7 European Union civil protection experts left for Haiti today on the cholera outbreak. According to the latest report from the European Commission, 1250 people have already died of the infection and nearly 21.000 are hospitalized.
The European experts are expected to stay three weeks in Haiti. Mission: to participate in the coordination of the distribution of materials, such as water purification tablets, offered by several Member States, and to advise local authorities on the measures necessary to improve health and hygiene in order to stop the infection.
France sent shelter materials and hospital beds, Austria offered 1 million euros in water purification tablets. But Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, in charge of Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, has called for various means of equipment (oral rehydration, water purification granules or powder, waste management, medical equipment) and men (doctors, nurses, etc.) are sent to the site.
