Access to Safe Water in Rural Artibonite, Haiti 16 Months after the Onset of the Cholera Epidemic

Patrick, Molly; Berendes, David; Murphy, Jennifer; Bertrand, Fabienne; Husain, Farah; Handzel, Thomas

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0308

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Access to Safe Water in Rural Artibonite, Haiti 16 Months after the Onset of the Cholera Epidemic

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Oct 2013
By Patrick, Molly ; Berendes, David ; Murphy, Jennifer

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Am J Trop Med Hyg
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Patrick, Molly ; Berendes, David ; Murphy, Jennifer ; Bertrand, Fabienne ; Husain, Farah ; Handzel, Thomas
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Haiti has the lowest improved water and sanitation coverage in the Western Hemisphere and is suffering from the largest cholera epidemic on record. In May of 2012, an assessment was conducted in rural areas of the Artibonite Department to describe the type and quality of water sources and determine knowledge, access, and use of household water treatment products to inform future programs. It was conducted after emergency response was scaled back but before longer-term water, sanitation, and hygiene activities were initiated. The household survey and source water quality analysis documented low access to safe water, with only 42.3% of households using an improved drinking water source. One-half (50.9%) of the improved water sources tested positive for Escherichia coli. Of households with water to test, 12.7% had positive chlorine residual. The assessment reinforces the identified need for major investments in safe water and sanitation infrastructure and the importance of household water treatment to improve access to safe water in the near term.
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Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013; 89(4):647-653.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.13-0308
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Journal Article
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3rd Anniversary of the Cholera Outbreak in Haiti
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Haiti
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89
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4
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