Source: FRANK BAJAK, Associated Press via Yahoo! News, February 9. 2010
"The second stage of Haiti's medical emergency has begun, with diarrheal illnesses, acute respiratory infections and malnutrition beginning to claim lives by the dozen.
"And while the half-million people jammed into germ-breeding makeshift camps have so far been spared a contagious-disease outbreak, health officials fear epidemics. They are rushing to vaccinate 530,000 children against measles, diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough."
Comment: As Haiti fades from the media, the problems faced by the Haitians continue! JAD
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
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