Cholera outbreak in Haiti 2010 1.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? GeographyDisease DilemmasASAQA Created by: Mr_MackintoastCreated on: 13-03-18 17:51 Area covered by the hazard Earthquake affected the caribbean country of Haiti 2km from the capital Port au Prince. Shocks were felt as far as Cuba. 7.0 magnitude earthquake 13km below the surface 50% of the buildings in the capital were destroyed High death toll (over 150,000 maybe 250,000 died in the earthquake), due to high population density and living in poorly constructed housing. Haiti was an LIDC even before the earthquake. 1 of 5 Environmental Factors Only 27% has access to improved sanitation Tropical climate causes frequent hurricane therefore increases chances of water being polluted as infrastructure is damaged UN bases were dumping human waste directly into rivers, peacekeepers from Nepal had brought a strain of the disease with them from Kathmandu 2 of 5 Human Factors Majority of people (particularly in rural areas) get their water from rivers, aloowing Cholera to spread quickly. Only 57% have access to safe water. Violence and political ionstability in the country has slowed develolpment of inrastructure. It has also slowed response to disease outbreaks. Vaccination for Cholera is effective but lasts a maximum of two years. High population densities allows the disease to spread quicker UN cover up and denial of guilt slowed the response to the disaster. 3 of 5 Impacts of the disease In 2010, 4,000 people died By 2016, death toll reached over 9,000 At least 770,000 people have caught the disease The disease is now endemic in the country (having not been present for over 100 years) Increases vulnerability to natural diseases e.g. Hurricane Matthew 4 of 5 Strategies to minimise the impacts UN response (International response) Rapid response to new outbreaks (within 48 hours) Vaccinations of hundreds of thousands of people each year (providing they can guarentee funding) Improve sanitation to make spread of the disease much harder. 5 of 5
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