MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Dec 10;59(48):1586-90.
The first cholera outbreak in Haiti in at least a century was confirmed by the Haitian National Public Health Laboratory on October 21, 2010. Surveillance data through December 3, provided by the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), indicated that the outbreak had spread nationwide and that cases of cholera and cholera-associated hospitalizations and deaths had climbed rapidly in November. As of December 3, MSPP reported 91,770 cases of cholera from all 10 departments and the capital city of Port-au-Prince; 43,243 (47.1%) patients had been hospitalized, and 2,071 (2.3%) had died. A rapid mortality assessment in Artibonite Department found that deaths occurred as rapidly as 2 hours after symptom onset and identified important gaps in access to life-saving treatments, including oral rehydration solution (ORS). Urgent activities are under way, and additional efforts are imperative to reduce cholera mortality by expanding access to cholera treatment and to reduce cholera transmission by improving access to safe water and adequate sanitation.
海地国家公共卫生实验室于 2010 年 10 月 21 日确认了海地至少一个世纪以来的首次霍乱疫情爆发。海地公共卫生和人口部（MSPP）提供的截至 12 月 3 日的监测数据显示，疫情已蔓延至全国，11 月霍乱病例以及与霍乱相关的住院和死亡人数迅速攀升。截至 12 月 3 日，海地共报告了来自全国 10 个省和首都太子港的 91770 例霍乱病例；43243 名（47.1%）患者住院治疗，2071 人死亡。在阿蒂博尼特省进行的快速死亡率评估发现，症状出现后最快 2 小时内就出现死亡，并发现了在获得救命治疗方面存在重大差距，包括口服补液盐（ORS）。目前正在开展紧急活动，迫切需要扩大霍乱治疗的可及性，改善安全用水和充足卫生设施的可及性，以减少霍乱死亡率和降低霍乱传播。
