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Sun, 2016-07-10 19:36 — Maeryn Obley

Haitians in a cholera treatment center in 2011. Credit Andres Martinez Casares for The New York Times.

Image:  Haitians in a cholera treatment center in 2011. Credit Andres Martinez Casares for The New York Times.

nytimes.com - July 6th 2016 - The Editorial Board

As Haitians were reeling from the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, United Nations peacekeepers inadvertently compounded their troubles by bringing cholera to the island. Roughly 10,000 Haitians have died from the disease, which spreads easily in places with poor sanitation.

The United Nations hasn’t acknowledged its responsibility and has vigorously fought legal efforts to secure compensation for victims.

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Sun, 2016-07-10 19:40 — james.wilson

Bravo.

On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Maeryn Obley via admin <
admin@m.resiliencesystem.org> wrote:

> Image: Haitians in a cholera treatment center in 2011. Credit Andres
> Martinez Casares for The New York Times.
>
> nytimes.com - July 6th 2016 - The Editorial Board
>
> As Haitians were reeling from the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake,
> United Nations peacekeepers inadvertently compounded their troubles by
> bringing cholera to the island. Roughly 10,000 Haitians have died from the
> disease, which spreads easily in places with poor sanitation.
>
> The United Nations hasn’t acknowledged its responsibility and has
> vigorously fought legal efforts to secure compensation for victims.
>
> (VIEW COMPLETE ARTICLE) [1]
>
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/opinion/the-cholera-epidemic-the-un-left-behind-in-haiti.html?ref=opinion
>

Sun, 2016-07-10 20:27 — james.wilson

My response
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/united-nations-introduced-cholera-haiti-jim-wilson-md-faap?trk=hp-feed-article-title-publish

On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 4:40 PM, james.wilson via admin <
admin@m.resiliencesystem.org> wrote:

> Bravo.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Maeryn Obley via admin <
> admin@m.resiliencesystem.org> wrote:
>
>> Image: Haitians in a cholera treatment center in 2011. Credit Andres
>> Martinez Casares for The New York Times.
>>
>> nytimes.com - July 6th 2016 - The Editorial Board
>>
>> As Haitians were reeling from the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake,
>> United Nations peacekeepers inadvertently compounded their troubles by
>> bringing cholera to the island. Roughly 10,000 Haitians have died from the
>> disease, which spreads easily in places with poor sanitation.
>>
>> The United Nations hasn’t acknowledged its responsibility and has
>> vigorously fought legal efforts to secure compensation for victims.
>>
>> (VIEW COMPLETE ARTICLE) [1]
>>
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Sun, 2016-07-10 20:34 — james.wilson

... and now shared with 600k frontline physicians in US, UK, Australia,
Canada, Ireland, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Italy, Argentina, the
Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, New Zealand, France, Finland,
Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, Israel, Germany,
Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, and Greece....

On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 5:27 PM, james.wilson via admin <
admin@m.resiliencesystem.org> wrote:

> My response
>
> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/united-nations-introduced-cholera-haiti-jim-wilson-md-faap?trk=hp-feed-article-title-publish
>
> On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 4:40 PM, james.wilson via admin <
> admin@m.resiliencesystem.org> wrote:
>
>> Bravo.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Maeryn Obley via admin <
>> admin@m.resiliencesystem.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Image: Haitians in a cholera treatment center in 2011. Credit Andres
>>> Martinez Casares for The New York Times.
>>>
>>> nytimes.com - July 6th 2016 - The Editorial Board
>>>
>>> As Haitians were reeling from the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake,
>>> United Nations peacekeepers inadvertently compounded their troubles by
>>> bringing cholera to the island. Roughly 10,000 Haitians have died from
>>> the
>>> disease, which spreads easily in places with poor sanitation.
>>>
>>> The United Nations hasn’t acknowledged its responsibility and has
>>> vigorously fought legal efforts to secure compensation for victims.
>>>
>>> (VIEW COMPLETE ARTICLE) [1]
>>>
>>> =======
>>> Full post:
>>> http://resiliencesystem.org/cholera-epidemic-un-left-behind-haiti
>>> Manage my subscriptions: http://resiliencesystem.org/mailinglist
>>> Stop emails for this post:
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>>> [1]
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/opinion/the-cholera-epidemic-the-un-left-behind-in-haiti.html?ref=opinion
>>>
>>
>>
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