PAHO Responds to Hurricane Matthew Emergency in Caribbean, prepares for cholera upsurge in Haiti

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With damage assessments from Hurricane Matthew still underway in the Caribbean, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) deployed field teams even before the storm affected areas in Haiti, the Bahamas, Cuba, and Jamaica, and is preparing for a possible cholera upsurge in Haiti, where more than 28,500 cases have already been reported so far in 2016.