UN likely to blame for Haiti cholera outbreak
UN-commissioned scientist says world body’s base most likely to blame for disease that left 7,000 dead.
Several scientific studies point to a UN base in Haiti as the place where cholera was introduced into the country in October 2010.
A UN-commissioned scientist has also said that the world body itself is most likely to blame for the outbreak.
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The UN has never accepted responsibility for the cholera epidemic, even though its own investigation found the outbreak stemmed from contamination in a river,right next to its own base, which was not disposing of sewage properly.
The investigation found that Haiti’s lack of effective water treatment facilities, made worse by a devastating earthquake, led to the rapid spread of the disease, which has killed about 7,000 people in the country.
Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from Seau D’Eau, Haiti.