PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — A young girl suffering from symptoms of cholera is given fluids when she arrives at a Canadian Medecins du Monde clinic in the Citi Solei area of the capital. More than 2,000 people have died of cholera in Haiti. Efforts to educate Haitians about the outbreak are beginning to work and many are seeking medical help earlier.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Two men suffering from cholera rest while receiving treatment at an emergency cholera clinic run by Samaritan's Purse outside Cabaret, Haiti. Despite the work of aid organizations, more than 89,000 Haitians have been sickened so far.

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BWANEUFE, HAITI — Antonio Feneliste sits with the body of Wisley Jean Charles, 60, who died of cholera in a remote mountain village. A lantern burns in the corner, so the dead man’s spirit can see through the darkness. About 89,000 people have been sickened with cholera and more than 2,000 people have died, United Nations officials say, and they expect the death toll to rise considerably.

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BWANEUFE, HAITI — Osialine Dorcely, center, mourns her husband, Wisley Jean Charles, 60, who died of cholera in the remote mountain village of Bwaneufe. Charles died so suddenly that Dorcely didn't have time to call for help or to get transportation to the nearest hospital, three hours to the south.

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BWANEUFE, HAITI — Overwhelmed by grief, Profita LaGuerre is carried to the home of Wisley Jean Charles, who died of cholera in a remote mountain village where there is no doctor or proper medicine.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — A girl holds her hand under a dry spigot at a camp for earthquake refugees in Port-au-Prince. Contaminated water is a leading cause of illness in Haiti, which has the highest infant mortality rate in the Western Hemisphere.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — The body of cholera victim Charite Desire is prepared for removal by city workers in downtown Port-au-Prince. Her body and the area are sprayed with a chorine solution.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — The children of Charite Desire, who died of cholera, are left without a mother.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — The body of a young cholera victim is removed from a hospital in Port-au-Prince. The young and elderly are more likely to fall victim to cholera.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Women pray for their sick family members at a hospital in the town of Gonaives. Experts don't know how long the cholera epidemic will continue in Haiti, but some progress is being made to combat the sickness.

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