PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (November 11, 2010) – Haiti’s government reports a sharp increase in the number of Haitians killed and hospitalized by an outbreak of cholera. According to Haiti’s Ministry of Health, 11,125 people have been hospitalized with cholera as of November 9. 724 people are reported dead.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (November 8, 2010) – Hurricane Tomas passed immediately west of Haiti Friday, bringing hurricane-force winds and several inches of rain to a country where more than 1.2 million remain without permanent shelter since January's devastating earthquake. Haiti is also in the midst of a cholera outbreak that has left 544 dead and 8,138 hospitalized.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (November 4, 2010) – In the wake of January’s earthquake and an ongoing cholera outbreak, CARE has joined the people of Haiti this week in shifting attention to a third threat: Tropical Storm Tomas.
One hundred days after the devastating floods in Pakistan, the approaching winter, the looming threat of water-borne disease and the floodwaters still covering parts of the country are clear indications that the “catastrophe is far from over”, says Waleed Rauf, Country Director of CARE Pakistan.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (October 22, 2010) – CARE is mobilizing staff and stockpiling supplies in response to a deadly cholera outbreak that health officials fear could spread beyond the Artibonite region of Haiti. More than 138 people have already died, and 1,526 cases have been confirmed.
BONN (October 8, 2010) – The Bonn-based aid agency CARE Germany-Luxembourg calls on the international community not only provide funding in the event of a disaster, but to assist developing countries to invest in disaster preparedness.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (September 23, 2010) – As the Millennium Development Goals Summit comes to a close in New York, CARE International is urging the international community to continue the momentum and act on its promises.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (September 17, 2010) – Today the humanitarian organization CARE announced that it will invest US$1.8 billion to expand its maternal, newborn and child health programs in the next five years.
Having described the floods as the most debilitating natural disaster in the country’s history, Pakistan’s government has requested international support. The government has suspended expenditures from its already meager development budget, and shifted its limited resources to the relief effort.
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