Cholera Management and Prevention at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, Haiti

Abstract

In October 2010, Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti treated some of the first patients with cholera in Haiti. Over the following 10 months, a strategic plan was developed and implemented to improve the management of cases at the hospital level and to address the underlying risk factors at the community level.

Keywords

• bacteria
• waterborne infections
• cholera
• water purification
• sanitation
• epidemic