Civil unrest is making it harder to contain a new outbreak of cholera in Haiti just as other diseases threaten to ignite new health crises, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Wednesday.
The Caribbean nation had confirmed 18 deaths from cholera as of Oct. 9, with hundreds of potential cases being studied, PAHO said, after authorities announced the disease's surprise return earlier this month.
Haiti has been suffering a worsening humanitarian crisis amid protests against the government of interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry as blockades shut a critical fuel terminal since last month, bringing much of the country to a halt.
