UN Secretary General launches sanitation program
19 July CRIENGLISH.com
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is visiting Haiti.He has
he met with senior government officials to discuss ways of reducing
poverty and improving healthcare.
Ban Ki-moon has helped launch a program to improve sanitation, and to
fight the spread of cholera by improving hygiene in rural areas.Ă“Under
the leadership of President Martelly, and with a strong intervention,
the number of new cases of cholera and death has shown the lowest in the
last several months. This is a quite remarkable achievement."
The UN has been working with the government to fight an outbreak of
cholera, which began in 2010 following a devastating earthquake.However,
the outbreak is the subject of three lawsuits in US courts, including
one filed this year by nearly 1,500 Haitians seeking compensation from
the UN. |
