UN admits role in Haiti cholera epidemic

Aug. 22, 2016

Q: The United Nations is saying for the first time that it was involved in the introduction of cholera to Haiti and needs to do “much more� to end the suffering of those affected, estimated at more than 770,000 people. Where is Haiti?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: The outbreak has been tied to Nepalese troops who were deployed as part of a UN peacekeeping operation. Cholera is endemic in Nepal which is located in which Asian mountain range?

A. Alps

B. Andes

C. Himalayas

D. Rockies

Q: Cholera has killed more than 9,200 people in Haiti since contaminated sewage flowed from a UN camp into the nation’s largest river 2010. The UN said in 2012 that it would spend $2.27 billion to eradicate cholera in Haiti and its closest neighbor . . .

A. Cuba

B. Dominican Republic

C. Jamaica

C.Puerto Rico

Q: Cholera is spread by water or food contaminated with human feces containing the bacteria. Less than a quarter of the people have access to a toilet in Haiti – the poorest nation in the . . .

A. Americas

B. Northern Hemisphere

C. World

D. All of the above

Q: The cholera contamination in 2010 hit a nation already devastated by what disaster that same year?

A. Hurricane

B. Invasion

C. Civil war

D. Earthquake

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