GHESKIO, Cholera Vaccination Discussed on NPR

National Public Radio (NPR) recently highlighted GHESKIO's cholera vaccination campaign in Port-au-Prince. Together with health organization, Partners in Health, GHESKIO is working to vaccinate 100,000 people at risk for cholera. It is hoped that this campaign will demonstrate the feasibility to scale up the vaccination program throughout Haiti.  Dr. Vanessa Rouzier, a pediatrician at GHESKIO, discusses the urgency to vaccinate before the rainy season hits Haiti.  Read the full NPR article here.

 

Christella Jean-Baptiste, 30, lies inside a Cholera Treatment Centre in Port-au-Prince. [photo from Catherine Porter/Toronto Star]

 

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