Cholera

Cholera: After the devastating earthquake that plunged Haiti into crisis in January this year, health and relief agencies feared the outbreak of contagious disease.
Haiti somehow managed to dodge the specter of a fatal water-borne disease outbreak until earlier this week, when a fatal diarrhea-causing disease struck ferociously, rapidly causing over 1,500 people to fall ill. Over 140 people have died reported Reuters AlertNet. Haiti's President Preval confirmed cholera as the cause of the outbreak Friday morning. This is the first time Haiti has seen cholera for 100 years. Speaking to Reuters, Preval said
  
"I can confirm it is cholera. Now we are making sure people are fully aware of precautionary measures they have to take to prevent contamination."

Cholera