Haiti Cholera Outbreak (Cite Soleil) (11 images)

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Coverage of the cholera outbreak in the Cite Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti in November of 2010.
  • Nov 10, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti.A local resident looks after a family member suffering from cholera-like symptoms as he receives medical treatment in a small, crowded medical clinic set up in tents in the Cite Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, November 10, 2010 as fears of a cholera outbreak spread through the area just two days after cases of the infection were confirmed in the area, the poorest slum in Haiti's capital. Officials from the Pan American Health Organization warn that Haiti's cholera epidemic, spread primarily through consuming infected water and food, is likely to grow much larger in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. (Credit Image: Brian Blanco/ZUMA Press) 1

  • Nov 10, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti.A local residents of the Cite Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti carries water purchased at an increased fee from a nearby vendor locked in a small enclosure on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 as fears of a Cholera outbreak spread through the area just two days after cases of the infection were confirmed in the area, the poorest slum in Haiti's capital. Officials from the Pan American Health Organization warn that Haiti's cholera epidemic, spread primarily through consuming infected water and food, is likely to grow much larger in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. (Credit Image: Brian Blanco)

  • Nov 10, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Residents of the Cite Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti gather water from a well just yards away from a river of human waste and garbage on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 as fears of a Cholera outbreak spread through the area just two days after cases of the infection were confirmed in the area, the poorest slum in Haiti's capital. Officials from the Pan American Health Organization warn that Haiti's cholera epidemic, spread primarily through consuming infected water and food, is likely to grow much larger in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. (Credit Image: Brian Blanco)

  • Nov 10, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti.A local residents suffering from cholera-like symptoms lies in the back of a tap-tap bus as officials argue about where to take her after she was taken from a small medical clinic set up in tents in the Cite Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, November 10, 2010 as fears of a cholera outbreak spread through the area just two days after cases of the infection were confirmed in the area, the poorest slum in Haiti's capital. Officials from the Pan American Health Organization warn that Haiti's cholera epidemic, spread primarily through consuming infected water and food, is likely to grow much larger in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. (Credit Image: Brian Blanco)

  • Nov 10, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Trash clogs the storm runoff drainage ditch in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 as fears of a Cholera outbreak spread through the area just two days after cases of the infection were confirmed in the Haitian capital. Officials from the Pan American Health Organization warn that Haiti's cholera epidemic, spread primarily through consuming infected water and food, is likely to grow much larger in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. (Credit Image: Brian Blanco)

  • Nov 10, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Residents of the Cite Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti gather water from a well just yards away from a river of human waste and garbage on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 as fears of a Cholera outbreak spread through the area just two days after cases of the infection were confirmed in the area, the poorest slum in Haiti's capital. Officials from the Pan American Health Organization warn that Haiti's cholera epidemic, spread primarily through consuming infected water and food, is likely to grow much larger in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. (Credit Image: Brian Blanco)

  • Nov 10, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti.A young patients suffering from cholera-like symptoms receives medical treatment in a small, crowded medical clinic set up in tents in the Cite Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, November 10, 2010 as fears of a cholera outbreak spread through the area just two days after cases of the infection were confirmed in the area, the poorest slum in Haiti's capital. Officials from the Pan American Health Organization warn that Haiti's cholera epidemic, spread primarily through consuming infected water and food, is likely to grow much larger in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. (Credit Image: Brian Blanco)

  • Nov 10, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti.A resident of the Cite Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti walks next to a gutter filled with human waste as he carries water gathered from a well just yards away on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 as fears of a Cholera outbreak spread through the area just two days after cases of the infection were confirmed in the area, the poorest slum in Haiti's capital. Officials from the Pan American Health Organization warn that Haiti's cholera epidemic, spread primarily through consuming infected water and food, is likely to grow much larger in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. (Credit Image: Brian Blanco)

  • Nov 11, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti.A resident of a tent city in Port-au-Prince, Haiti steps over stagnant water left behind by Hurricane Tomas that is filled with garbage and possible human waste as she carries a bottle of shampoo to the makeshift showers on Thursday, November 11, 2010 as fears of a Cholera outbreak spread through the area just days after cases of the infection were confirmed in Haiti's capital. Officials from the Pan American Health Organization warn that Haiti's cholera epidemic, spread primarily through consuming infected water and food, is likely to grow much larger in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. (Credit Image: Brian Blanco)

  • Nov 10, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti.A young resident of a tent city in the Cite Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti wears water bags as gloves in an effort, his older sister said, to avoid getting cholera, as other residents gather water from pipes just yards from portable toilets and flood waters from Hurricane Tomas Wednesday, November 10, 2010 as fears of a Cholera outbreak spread through the area just two days after cases of the infection were confirmed in the area, the poorest slum in Haiti's capital. Officials from the Pan American Health Organization warn that Haiti's cholera epidemic, spread primarily through consuming infected water and food, is likely to grow much larger in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. (Credit Image: Brian Blanco)

  • Nov 11, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti.A stagnant drainage ditch filled with water, garbage and possible human waste runs through a tent city in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Thursday, November 11, 2010 as fears of a Cholera outbreak spread through the area just days after cases of the infection were confirmed in Haiti's capital. Officials from the Pan American Health Organization warn that Haiti's cholera epidemic, spread primarily through consuming infected water and food, is likely to grow much larger in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. (Credit Image: Brian Blanco)

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