No quick fix for Haiti cholera

As outbreak enters its second year, relief bodies move to roll out vaccine for the first time.

Nature ( 18 October 2011 )

New strategy unveiled to curb Haiti's cholera outbreak

Last month, the United Nations released a long-awaited report indicating that human waste from Nepalese peacekeepers along with dirty drinking water likely triggered the spread of the cholera epidemic that has gripped Haiti since October, killing more than 5,000 people and sickening hundreds of thousands more.

Newsblog ( 02 June 2011 )

Vaccination would curb Haitian cholera

Targeting limited doses on those most at risk could save thousand of lives, say researchers.

Nature ( 11 April 2011 )

Late vaccination 'could still control cholera outbreaks'

Cholera outbreaks can be mitigated by the use of vaccination after they have begun, according to two new studies. This issue is currently at the top of the research agenda for many scientists, as controversy over plans to roll out a vaccination campaign in Haiti continues.

Newsblog ( 27 January 2011 )

Cholera care fails to reach rural Haitians

Celebrations over the country's shrinking caseload need to be qualified, a new analysis shows.

Nature ( 19 January 2011 )

Cholera vaccine plan splits experts

Opinion is divided over how to tackle the disease in Haiti.

Nature 467, 273-274 ( 18 January 2011 )

Haiti hopes for rebirth one year after devastating earthquake

One year after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, Nature correspondent David Cyranoski is in Port-au-Prince to assess the recovery effort.

Newsblog ( 11 January 2011 )

Disaster doctors may be using the wrong drugs

Study of Haiti earthquake victims shows most wounds infected with Gram-negative, not Gram-positive, bacteria.

Nature ( 22 December 2010 )

Vaccine push urged in Haiti cholera fight

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has pledged an independent investigation of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, amid continuing claims that peacekeeping troops were the source of the current outbreak.

Newsblog ( 20 December 2010 )

Haiti to improve quake preparedness

Country's first seismologists training to run a seismic network.

Nature ( 13 December 2010 )

DNA sequencing traces Haiti cholera epidemic to South Asia

The strain of cholera bacterium responsible for the epidemic currently raging in Haiti came from South Asia, and was most likely carried to Haiti by an infected human or some form of human activity, researchers report.

Newsblog ( 10 December 2010 )

Would cholera vaccines have helped in Haiti?

Three leading researchers today called for the United States to create a national stockpile of cholera vaccines that could be quickly deployed worldwide whenever an outbreak occured.

Newsblog ( 24 November 2010 )

Cholera tightens grip on Haiti

Those tackling the epidemic are struggling to keep pace with an escalating crisis.

Nature ( 23 November 2010 )

Cholera 'has reached Port-au-Prince'

Cholera has reportedly reached Port-au-Prince, capital of the devastated country of Haiti. After the earthquake earlier this year and the recent heavy rains accompanying Hurricane Tomas, the disease has been spreading throughout Haiti.

Newsblog ( 08 November 2010 )

Quake threat looms over Haiti

Tectonic strain remains in key fault line, researchers find.

Nature ( 25 October 2010 )

Why Chile fared better than Haiti

Building codes and earthquake origins help explain levels of destruction.

Nature ( 01 March 2010 )

Haiti earthquake produced deadly tsunami

Waves up to three metres high hit sections of the nation's coastline.

Nature ( 25 February 2010 )

Haiti earthquake may have primed nearby faults for failure

Geologists say it's time to start preparing for the next big one.

Nature ( 02 February 2010 )

Geologists to evaluate future Haiti risks

Hunt for survey markers may reveal crucial data.

Nature ( 19 January 2010 )

Fears grow in Haiti after devastating earthquake

Estimates of the number of people who may have died in the earthquake that devastated Haiti yesterday continue to climb.

Newsblog ( 14 January 2010 )

The Haiti earthquake in depth

Fault produces its biggest quake since 1751.

Nature ( 13 January 2010 )

Earthquake strikes Haiti

A magnitude-7.0 earthquake, followed by a magnitude-5.9 aftershock, has struck just 15 kilometers from the 3 million people in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Newsblog ( 12 January 2010 )

WHO needs change

The World Health Organization needs major reform to regain its leadership as a convener and provider of scientific and technical knowledge, says Barry R. Bloom.

Nature 473, 143 ( 12 May 2010 )

Pick sanitation over vaccination in Haiti

I have been investigating Haiti's water system since 2007 and strongly believe that the limited resources available to combat the country's cholera epidemic should be spent on sanitation and clean water, rather than on vaccination .

Nature 475, 175 ( 10 February 2010 )

Lessons from the Haiti earthquake

Roger Bilham, one of the first seismologists to visit Haiti after last month's earthquake, calls for UN enforcement of resistant construction in cities with a history of violent tremors.

Nature 463, 878 ( 18 February 2010 )

Evidence for several waves of global transmission in the seventh cholera pandemic

Vibrio cholerae is a globally important pathogen that is endemic in many areas of the world and causes 3–5 million reported cases of cholera every year.

Nature 465, 462 ( 22 September 2011 )

Nature Geoscience: Haiti earthquake focus

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