Bangladeshi Cholera experts fly to Haiti
Sunday, 14 November 2010
A team of experts in clinical management and epidemic control from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) left Dhaka for Haiti Saturday to assist the international community in managing the island's Cholera epidemic, reports BSS.
The eight-member team, some of whom recently returned from working in flood-ravaged Pakistan, consists of clinicians, microbiologists, a medical officer and for the first time, on one of ICDDR,B's emergency teams, two Bangladeshi nursing officers.
The team will join two additional expert clinicians who traveled ahead of the main party and arrived in Haiti earlier.
According to Haiti's Health Ministry, since the Cholera epidemic broke out in late October, more than 11,000 people have been treated for symptoms of the disease, and at least 800 have died.
The number of patients increased dramatically when Hurricane Tomas battered the island on November 4, causing flooding throughout the country, and further contaminating fresh water sources.
The eight-member team, some of whom recently returned from working in flood-ravaged Pakistan, consists of clinicians, microbiologists, a medical officer and for the first time, on one of ICDDR,B's emergency teams, two Bangladeshi nursing officers.
The team will join two additional expert clinicians who traveled ahead of the main party and arrived in Haiti earlier.
According to Haiti's Health Ministry, since the Cholera epidemic broke out in late October, more than 11,000 people have been treated for symptoms of the disease, and at least 800 have died.
The number of patients increased dramatically when Hurricane Tomas battered the island on November 4, causing flooding throughout the country, and further contaminating fresh water sources.