The Spread of Cholera in Haiti - Essay Example

Pan African Health Organization (PAHO) gave the process of vaccine and the types even the challenges of vaccine as a response to preventing the outbreak.

CHARACTERISTICS: Cholera is an asymptomatic infection because, by the time the symptoms appear, the disease is already widespread. It affects young children, older ones, and even adults. It's characterized by watery diarrhea, cramps in the limbs and it leads to dehydration of the patient.

Symptoms:  

• Vomiting
• Watery diarrhea.
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• Skin turning pale.
• Loss of appetite
• Weakness

Treatment: Vaccination is recommended for those at risk of being infected. Those infected should have continued eating speeds to recover the normal intestinal function. It's treated with Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT). ORT is the easiest and simplest way of a treatment since its effective and safe.

CITATIONS: 

Haiti: Waiting to Vaccinate, The Disease Daily.

Cholera, World Health Organization (WHO) 

For Haitians, Cholera Remains a Major Public Health Problem, Medecins Sans Frontieres.

PROBLEMS:  Cholera in Haiti continues to be widespread due to reduced international funding which has slowed down the delivery of medical care and provision of clean water and sanitation services. Measures taken to prevent and treat cholera are not enough because it's still far from being controlled.