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. 2011;5(5):e1145.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001145. Epub 2011 May 31.

Meeting cholera's challenge to Haiti and the world: a joint statement on cholera prevention and care

Paul Farmer  1 , Charles Patrick Almazor, Emily T Bahnsen, Donna Barry, Junior Bazile, Barry R Bloom, Niranjan Bose, Thomas Brewer, Stephen B Calderwood, John D Clemens, Alejandro Cravioto, Eddy Eustache, Gregory Jérôme, Neha Gupta, Jason B Harris, Howard H Hiatt, Cassia Holstein, Peter J Hotez, Louise C Ivers, Vanessa B Kerry, Serena P Koenig, Regina C Larocque, Fernet Léandre, Wesler Lambert, Evan Lyon, John J Mekalanos, Joia S Mukherjee, Cate Oswald, Jean-William Pape, Anany Gretchko Prosper, Regina Rabinovich, Maxi Raymonville, Jean-Renold Réjouit, Laurence J Ronan, Mark L Rosenberg, Edward T Ryan, Jeffrey D Sachs, David A Sack, Claude Surena, Arjun A Suri, Ralph Ternier, Matthew K Waldor, David Walton, Jonathan L Weigel
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Meeting cholera's challenge to Haiti and the world: a joint statement on cholera prevention and care

Paul Farmer et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011.
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The views and opinions contained in this paper reflect those of the authors alone and should in no way be construed to represent the official position of any organization or agency for which they work or to which they belong.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Cholera treatment center, Mirebalais, Haiti, December, 2010.
Photo credit: Jonathan L. Weigel, Harvard Medical School and Partners In Health.
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