What to know
After three years without a reported cholera case and six months into the World Health Organization's process to declare the country cholera free, cholera cases were confirmed in Haiti in 2022. Learn more about CDC's work in leading the interagency U.S. response, in close collaboration with the government of Haiti.
![A young child receives oral rehydration therapy, a critical therapy, at a cholera treatment center in Haiti.](/global-health/media/images/cholera_response_work_in_haiti_photo_001.jpg)
Photo Essay
![A young child receives oral rehydration therapy, a critical therapy, at a cholera treatment center in Haiti.](/global-health/media/images/cholera_response_work_in_haiti_photo_001.jpg)
![CDC microbiologist Maryann Turnsek (center) works with staff at the molecular biology department of the National Public Health Laboratory of Haiti to enhance the laboratory's ability to detect and respond to cholera cases.](/global-health/media/images/cholera_response_work_in_haiti_photo_002.jpg)
![A healthcare worker administers an oral cholera vaccine to a patient.](/global-health/media/images/cholera_response_work_in_haiti_photo_003.jpg)
![Community health workers educate residents on cholera prevention and hygiene practices.](/global-health/media/images/cholera_response_work_in_haiti_photo_004.jpg)
![A worker fills water containers from a mobile tanker that provides clean drinking water to families in Haiti’s capital.](/global-health/media/images/cholera_response_work_in_haiti_photo_005.jpg)
![CDC WASH Specialist Taylor Osborne (left) met with Teddy Laroche (center) and Evenel Thermidor (right) from the National Directorate of Drinking Water and Sanitation and the Regional Office of Drinking Water and Sanitation in the North to assess whether the community has access to safe drinking water](/global-health/media/images/cholera_response_work_in_haiti_photo_006.jpg)
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