AID GROUP IN HAITI SEES DROP IN CHOLERA CASES
(Count on 2) - By AP
PORT-AU-PRINCE - The director of an international aid group says the Haitian capital is seeing a dramatic drop in the number of cholera cases as the Caribbean nation leaves the annual rainy season.
Thierry Goffeau of Doctors Without Borders says his health group has seen the number of weekly cases in Port-au-Prince jump from 708 in late April to 1,354 in late May. The number of cases in the capital dropped to 528 last week.
This drop was mirrored at a cholera treatment center in a densely populated neighborhood in Port-au-Prince. Patients filled an 80-bed facility through the month of May. The same facility now has about 10 patients.
Despite the decline, cholera continues to cause havoc. Officials say the waterborne disease has killed more than 7,200 people and sickened another 555,000.
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