Cholera -- Haiti
A total of 420 deaths due to cholera were reported in Haiti in 2016, an increase of 41 percent compared to 2015. According to data released on 29 Dec 2016 by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the disease also affected 39 000 persons [in Haiti] in 2016.
The death toll from this disease increased by 41 percent as compared to 2015, while the cases of infection increased 24 percent, according to the report published in the country.
The UN agency regretted
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