Le Voltairianisme Expliqué

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«Resolving major logistical headaches in power, water, telecommunications and food supplies will determine the fate of many survivors in the coming weeks, these sources said.
Dysentery, measles, mosquito-borne diseases, dengue, tuberculosis, influenza and other respiratory infections already lurk in Haiti and have ample means to spread among those who are weak or in poor health, living in the street or in cramped rooms.
"There is a whole range of communicable diseases that will almost invariably rise over the coming days and weeks," said Aloudat. "There is a very high likelihood of outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases. That is a major concern."
Hotham added: "There is always a cholera concern. Port-au-Prince is already a high-risk area for dengue under normal circumstances."
Brigitte Vasset, a physician with the French first-response charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, Doctors Without Borders) emphasised the need to address longer-term basics after the rush to extricate survivors. "The sooner there is shelter, water and food, the less disease there will be," she said.»

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