Haiti cholera death toll tops 900
Source : BBC 14 November 2010 Haiti cholera death toll tops 900 More than 14,000 people have been hospitalised since the outbreak The number of people in Haiti who have died from cholera has reached 917, the country's health ministry says. The disease is present in six out of 10 provinces and 14,642 people have been hospitalised since the outbreak of the waterborne disease began last month. Aid agencies are battling to contain cholera in the capital Port-au-Prince, amid fears it will spread through camps housing 1.1m earthquake survivors. The UN is appealing for $164m (£101m) to treat the disease in the next year. The death toll has risen by 121 since Friday. Elections due The worst affected area remains the central province of Artibonite, where 595 people have died, said an update on the health ministry's website . In Port-au-Prince - which was badly damaged by the earthquake in January - 27 deaths have been rec